One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.Jun 08, 2009
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.Jun 08, 2009
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Seagulls.Jun 08, 2009
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I even had a photo taken of me.Jun 08, 2009
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Cofete.Jun 08, 2009
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Desolate, but beautiful.Jun 08, 2009
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)Jun 08, 2009
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A rock in the sand.Jun 08, 2009
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Are you taking a photo of me?Jun 08, 2009
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.Jun 08, 2009
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.Jun 08, 2009
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The beach itself was idyllic.Jun 08, 2009
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.Jun 08, 2009
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.Jun 08, 2009
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.Jun 08, 2009
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A Cofete house.Jun 08, 2009
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.Jun 08, 2009
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)Jun 08, 2009
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A wide angle view of the beach.Jun 08, 2009
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.Jun 08, 2009
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A long stretch of sand.Jun 08, 2009
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We took a different turn and climbed to the pass that leads to the other side of the mountains, to the isolated beaches of Cofete.Jun 08, 2009
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.Jun 08, 2009
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From the road along the peninsula.Jun 08, 2009
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Patterns of the ground.Jun 08, 2009
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Beaches of Cofete.Jun 08, 2009
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.Jun 08, 2009
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There's another lighthouse at a second tip of the peninsula, an even more desolate and windy one with views of the Cofete beach in the distance.Jun 08, 2009
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.Jun 08, 2009
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.Jun 08, 2009
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The southern tip of the island is very desolate. The road isn't paved and only few people make it this far. This is the view from the lighthouse at the very end of the peninsula back towards the island.Jun 08, 2009
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.Jun 08, 2009
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The city beach.Jun 08, 2009
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In the afternoon we continued past Morro Jable to the south. From this lokout the city beaches can be seen.Jun 08, 2009
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Enjoying the wind.Jun 08, 2009
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.Jun 08, 2009
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.Jun 08, 2009
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There is so much space the beach is never crowded. Well, maybe only when the World Windsurfing Championship is held here. ;)Jun 08, 2009
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.Jun 08, 2009
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.Jun 08, 2009
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.Jun 08, 2009
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.Jun 08, 2009
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Climbing the dune.Jun 08, 2009
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.Jun 08, 2009
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.Jun 08, 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...Jun 08, 2009
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Looooong beach ...Jun 08, 2009
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Many people come here to windsurf.Jun 08, 2009
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And they are really scenic.Jun 08, 2009
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.Jun 08, 2009
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Our Opel Corsa.Jun 08, 2009
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Road.Jun 08, 2009
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.Jun 08, 2009
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.Jun 08, 2009
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)Jun 08, 2009
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City beaches are not really our thing, so we headed to the wilder variety. The road there leads through some spectacularly arid landscape.Jun 08, 2009
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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. :)Jun 08, 2009
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.Jun 08, 2009
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.Jun 08, 2009
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The beach is enormous. First you have to cross a wide belt of marshes to get to the sand and the lighthouse.Jun 08, 2009
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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.Jun 08, 2009
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