 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...2178 views
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A long stretch of sand.1782 views
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Road.1069 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.963 views
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Looooong beach ...921 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.820 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.816 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.799 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.793 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. ;)787 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.786 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.784 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.782 views
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Patterns of the ground.779 views
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A Cofete house.776 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.771 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.761 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.760 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.758 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)756 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.756 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)755 views
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Enjoying the wind.752 views
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Our Opel Corsa.747 views
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And they are really scenic.744 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.744 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.740 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.739 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.732 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.730 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. :)728 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.725 views
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Seagulls.725 views
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Climbing the dune.720 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.719 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.716 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.714 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.712 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.712 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.712 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.711 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.709 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.707 views
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The city beach.705 views
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From the road along the peninsula.705 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.703 views
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A rock in the sand.701 views
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Beaches of Cofete.699 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.699 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.696 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.690 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.689 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?687 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.685 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.681 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.681 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.677 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.676 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)674 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.674 views
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Cofete.665 views
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