Moonscape.197 views
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Green doorways.197 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.197 views
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Green waves.196 views
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There is also a museum next to the lighthouse, but it was closed when we were there.196 views
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The walk along the trail is pleasant, but it was hot and humid and windless that day.196 views
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From the cliff.196 views
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The dune.196 views
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No, I had no intention of going there anyway. ;)195 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.195 views
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Patterns of the ground.195 views
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Road.195 views
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A red valley.195 views
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Our car down below.195 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.194 views
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A very imaginative letter box.194 views
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We skipped breakfast and started at about 7 a.m., drove across the whole island and arrived at the town of Morro Jable at about 9 a.m. The place is quite touristy, but our main interest was the beach.194 views
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Terraces.194 views
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A pile of salt.193 views
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The clouds were gracious enough to grant us one single sun ray. :)193 views
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The view towards the west and the sea.193 views
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A river snaking its way through the desert.191 views
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A bit more to the south there are the salt pans of Las Salinas. The light was terrible but at least there weren't many visitors so we had the place almost to ourselves.191 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.191 views
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To help you cross a wide belt of sand to get to the sea, there's a wooden path, but it's wobbly. Very wobbly. :)191 views
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Shores of an inland lake in Morocco.190 views
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Fuerteventura is a very windy island so people have made use of the wind power since ancient times. And yes, that's me. :)189 views
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An older house. I love the lamp.189 views
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Rolling hills.189 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.189 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.189 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.188 views
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A Moroccan town.187 views
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A coastal town on Lanzarote.187 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.187 views
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A golf course on Lanzarote.186 views
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Peter at the top of the dune.186 views
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The landscape between Corralejo and El Cotillo is just as deserted and barren as most of the island. Surprisingly, there were many stone fences.186 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)186 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.186 views
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A Cofete house.186 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.185 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.185 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)185 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.184 views
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The thunder of crashing waves is deafening.184 views
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Hard terrain mixed with the soft dunes.184 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.184 views
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Our Opel Corsa.184 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.184 views
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Yellow dunes.183 views
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Yes, there was one person! Miracle! :)183 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.183 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.183 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.183 views
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After a quick stop at the Lanzarote airport we took off again for a short hop to the next island.182 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)182 views
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Deserted sandy beach.181 views
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I don't know where all the inhabitants were, but we didn't see a soul.181 views
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Just before returning home we drove to the village of El Cottilo to admire the cliffs and long, wind-swept beaches.181 views
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A dune.181 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.181 views
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From the road along the peninsula.181 views
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Cofete.181 views
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Curves.180 views
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One of the stops has regular visitors - little ground squirrel, which are so used to people they come running when they hear a car stopping.180 views
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This fortress overlooks the steep bay.180 views
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Moon-like landscapes abound.179 views
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Cliffs in the distance.179 views
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Apart from green, blue is also a popular color for house paint.178 views
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The village of Vega del Río de Palmas has a picturesque plaza with a church.178 views
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Faro del Tostón.178 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.178 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.177 views
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The church in Pájara with a lush and shady park.177 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)177 views
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Small village Majanicho in the north. Again, no people anywhere.177 views
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Cactus detail.177 views
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At the end of the El Cotillo area there is Faro del Tostón, a red-and-white striped lighthouse.177 views
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Typical colors: white and green.176 views
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There's a path to the nearby cliff which you can climb with some great views.176 views
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An obligatory fish-eye shot. ;) Yes, the sea is almost 200 meters down below.176 views
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Dune.176 views
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A rock in the sand.176 views
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... high above the sea ...175 views
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... with nothing but the desert and the water all around.175 views
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The wind never stops blowing.175 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.175 views
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To the south there is a series of sandy beaches and more cliffs in the distance.175 views
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... and saw an imposing structure on top of a hill. "What the hell is this?" we thought.174 views
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It seemed odd to us that all towns and villages were incredibly deserted. There was nobody in sight. Did we land in the land of ghost towns?174 views
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An inn? We never found out, the place was closed and there was absolutely nobody. Completely abandoned.174 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.174 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.174 views
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One of the largest dunes probably pale in comparison with, let's say, Namib dunes, but I enjoyed the photoshoot anyway.174 views
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The coastal road.174 views
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Here the sand is white and not yellow as around Corralejo.174 views
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They eat out of your hand or try to grab hold of the goodie to eat it somewhere hidden where there's no danger another squirrel will steal the food.173 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.173 views
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After ten minutes at the beach we headed to the dunes. I wonder which animal made these tracks. :)173 views
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The sun was hiding again as it had been almost every day around sunset.173 views
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It's difficult to stop anywhere along the roads as the shoulders are very high, so the only option is to pull over on a side road.173 views
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It turned out this was the lighthouse we were headed to! On top of a 200-meter cliff, it offered fantastic views.172 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.172 views
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All the time the wind kept sweeping the sand over the dunes (and into us!).172 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.172 views
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The village square.171 views
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Waves crashing against the rocks.171 views
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There was a lookout point ...171 views
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Is that a snake trail?171 views
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Most roads were lined with this red plant with small leaves.171 views
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The lagoons around it offer calm waters in contrast with the raging waves crashing against the outer shore.171 views
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Windswept sandy beaches strewn with rocks.171 views
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The road on the other side of the valley.170 views
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Would you like to live there?169 views
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The position of the lighthouse is really impressive.169 views
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The return trip back to the north where we were staying was spectacular again. The road between Pájara and Betancuria, lined with picturesque white stones, twists across a pass.169 views
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We sped back under dark clouds and past some red mountains.169 views
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The landscape is barren and almost devoid of settlements, just a house here and there.168 views
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We heard that there is a lighthouse not far from Las Playitas. We drove along this valley ...168 views
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You can only stop at a few designated places.168 views
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The landscape amazed me.168 views
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On the road close to La Oliva we basked in the late afternoon light.168 views
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More patterns.168 views
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Las Playitas from the inland side: it looks like a white village in the middle of the desert.166 views
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Several dirt roads deep down in the valley.166 views
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Expansive views back towards Betancuria ...165 views
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The harsh landscapes with sparse vegetation is very scenic.164 views
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Flower.163 views
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Later on we stopped in the town of Pájara. Peter wsa dwarfed by a giant cactus.162 views
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