Spinach ravioli - very good! :)Jun 08, 2009
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Last view of Lanzarote.Jun 08, 2009
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We were already in the clouds.Jun 08, 2009
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Green patches of Lanzarote.Jun 08, 2009
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Lanzarote landscape.Jun 08, 2009
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Lanzarote landscape.Jun 08, 2009
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A roundabout.Jun 08, 2009
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Take-off on Lanzarote.Jun 08, 2009
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In the plane.Jun 08, 2009
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Just before landing on Lanzarote.Jun 08, 2009
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Corralejo and its desert.Jun 08, 2009
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The coast through the dirty window. :(Jun 08, 2009
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Puerto del Rosario from above.Jun 08, 2009
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The air traffic is quite busy.Jun 08, 2009
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.Jun 08, 2009
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More white sandy beaches.Jun 08, 2009
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.Jun 08, 2009
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.Jun 08, 2009
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In the car along the desert road.Jun 08, 2009
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)Jun 08, 2009
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A black rock.Jun 08, 2009
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Strange-looking flowers.Jun 08, 2009
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.Jun 08, 2009
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On the last day I realized I hadn't really taken any pictures of Corralejo, the town where we were staying. Well, it's nothing special really. Here's just one photo of one of the main streets.Jun 08, 2009
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.Jun 08, 2009
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.Jun 08, 2009
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At the Betancuria pass again. The clouds had descended almost all the way down to the road.Jun 08, 2009
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.Jun 08, 2009
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Red glow on a mountain.Jun 08, 2009
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On the way back the weather didn't cease to show its dramatic side.Jun 08, 2009
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My footsteps.Jun 08, 2009
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.Jun 08, 2009
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The clouds obscured the sun, which is not a good thing when it's windy and you're wet. ;)Jun 08, 2009
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The beach was deserted.Jun 08, 2009
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.Jun 08, 2009
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.Jun 08, 2009
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The dune.Jun 08, 2009
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Sand.Jun 08, 2009
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The dune.Jun 08, 2009
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The beach.Jun 08, 2009
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The beach.Jun 08, 2009
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.Jun 08, 2009
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On the dune.Jun 08, 2009
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.Jun 08, 2009
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.Jun 08, 2009
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A lifeguard's hut on top of the hill. It's a bit far from the beach and I don't know how a lifeguard is supposed to rescue a swimmer in danger from here.Jun 08, 2009
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A panoramic view of the bay.Jun 08, 2009
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A windsurfer.Jun 08, 2009
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.Jun 08, 2009
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Remember these hills?Jun 08, 2009
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Back at the Sotavento beach. First we climbed the hill above the beach.Jun 08, 2009
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The view towards the west and the sea.Jun 08, 2009
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Our car down below.Jun 08, 2009
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A red mountain.Jun 08, 2009
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A red valley.Jun 08, 2009
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Colorful hills.Jun 08, 2009
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Arid slopes.Jun 08, 2009
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Shades of nature's colors.Jun 08, 2009
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Colorful hills.Jun 08, 2009
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The countryside on the way to La Pared was spectacular again. We stopped the car along the road and climbed a nearby hill to take photos in all four directions.Jun 08, 2009
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)Jun 08, 2009
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.Jun 08, 2009
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Number 6.Jun 08, 2009
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Green doorways.Jun 08, 2009
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Lonely streets of Ajuy.Jun 08, 2009
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Green window.Jun 08, 2009
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O hai! :)Jun 08, 2009
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.Jun 08, 2009
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Colorful houses.Jun 08, 2009
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From the cliff.Jun 08, 2009
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Back at the village after the dark clouds had disappeared.Jun 08, 2009
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Limestone.Jun 08, 2009
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Interesting wisps of clouds.Jun 08, 2009
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The bay.Jun 08, 2009
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The weather was clearing up while we were sitting on top of the cliff, enjoyed the views and drank beer. :)Jun 08, 2009
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Looking out the cave.Jun 08, 2009
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In the cave.Jun 08, 2009
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At the end of the trail there are a couple of caves that are accessible to public.Jun 08, 2009
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The walk along the trail is pleasant, but it was hot and humid and windless that day.Jun 08, 2009
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A lookout on the cliff.Jun 08, 2009
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Turbulent waters.Jun 08, 2009
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Waves overflowing a rocky barrier in front of the cliffs.Jun 08, 2009
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There's a footpath on top of the limestone cliffs that leads to some caves.Jun 08, 2009
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The view of the bay and the village.Jun 08, 2009
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.Jun 08, 2009
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By noon we made it to Ajuy, a coastal village with a black sandy beach and some interesting cliffs.Jun 08, 2009
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Road.Jun 08, 2009
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Terraces.Jun 08, 2009
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The clouds were gracious enough to grant us one single sun ray. :)Jun 08, 2009
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)Jun 08, 2009
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.Jun 08, 2009
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Moonscape.Jun 08, 2009
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"Cracks" in the ground.Jun 08, 2009
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Moonscape.Jun 08, 2009
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.Jun 08, 2009
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Play of light and shadow.Jun 08, 2009
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Road.Jun 08, 2009
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.Jun 08, 2009
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After scouting this lookout the previous day, we returned the following morning, but the weather didn't cooperate much.Jun 08, 2009
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.Jun 08, 2009
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.Jun 08, 2009
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One more look before returning.Jun 08, 2009
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.Jun 08, 2009
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Into the sun.Jun 08, 2009
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Low tide.Jun 08, 2009
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One part of the beach is sandy.Jun 08, 2009
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A house with a view.Jun 08, 2009
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Puertito de los Molinos.Jun 08, 2009
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.Jun 08, 2009
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Waves.Jun 08, 2009
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The bay.Jun 08, 2009
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.Jun 08, 2009
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The cliffs and the waves.Jun 08, 2009
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)Jun 08, 2009
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.Jun 08, 2009
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.Jun 08, 2009
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Colored hills.Jun 08, 2009
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On the way to Los Molinos.Jun 08, 2009
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Yellow slopes.Jun 08, 2009
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.Jun 08, 2009
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The village of Tindaya.Jun 08, 2009
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.Jun 08, 2009
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Typical architecture.Jun 08, 2009
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.Jun 08, 2009
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.Jun 08, 2009
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.Jun 08, 2009
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.Jun 08, 2009
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The outskirts of La Oliva.Jun 08, 2009
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A windmill.Jun 08, 2009
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A white road and a red road.Jun 08, 2009
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A volcanic cone.Jun 08, 2009
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.Jun 08, 2009
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Climbing the dune.Jun 08, 2009
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.Jun 08, 2009
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A dune and a photographer.Jun 08, 2009
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.Jun 08, 2009
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The road through the Parque Natural de Corralejo goes straight through the desert. People can park their cars on either side of the road and then walk across the dunes to the beach.Jun 08, 2009
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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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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.Jun 08, 2009
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We sped back under dark clouds and past some red mountains.Jun 08, 2009
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Last additions - May 2009