 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...1936 views
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A long stretch of sand.1481 views
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Road.850 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.676 views
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Looooong beach ...635 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.540 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.518 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.516 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)515 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.514 views
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Climbing the dune.514 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.513 views
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And they are really scenic.512 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.512 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. ;)508 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.507 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.505 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.504 views
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A Cofete house.504 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.503 views
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Seagulls.503 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.501 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.497 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.492 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.492 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.491 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.490 views
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Enjoying the wind.490 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.488 views
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The city beach.484 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.484 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.483 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.483 views
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Patterns of the ground.482 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.481 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)481 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.480 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.479 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.477 views
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From the road along the peninsula.475 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. :)473 views
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Beaches of Cofete.473 views
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A rock in the sand.472 views
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Our Opel Corsa.471 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.471 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.470 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.468 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.468 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?467 views
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Cofete.467 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.466 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)464 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.462 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.462 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.461 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.453 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.452 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.450 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.448 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.442 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.429 views
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