 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...1829 views
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A long stretch of sand.1359 views
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Road.733 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.477 views
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Looooong beach ...466 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.389 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.387 views
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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.378 views
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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.374 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.366 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.365 views
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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.361 views
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Seagulls.358 views
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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. ;)356 views
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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.355 views
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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.354 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.353 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.352 views
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In the afternoon we continued past Morro Jable to the south. From this lokout the city beaches can be seen.352 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.352 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.351 views
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And they are really scenic.350 views
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Climbing the dune.350 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.350 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.348 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.348 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.348 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.348 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.348 views
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Enjoying the wind.347 views
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Beaches of Cofete.347 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.346 views
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The city beach.346 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.346 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.345 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.345 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?345 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.344 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. :)343 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.343 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.343 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.342 views
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Patterns of the ground.340 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.340 views
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Our Opel Corsa.339 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.339 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)337 views
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A Cofete house.336 views
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Cofete.336 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.336 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.335 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)335 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)334 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.334 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.333 views
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A rock in the sand.329 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.326 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.326 views
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From the road along the peninsula.326 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.326 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.326 views
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