 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...2239 views
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A long stretch of sand.1856 views
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Road.1130 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.1050 views
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Looooong beach ...1005 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.882 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.876 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.869 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.853 views
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A Cofete house.849 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.846 views
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Patterns of the ground.843 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.841 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. ;)840 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.833 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.828 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)826 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.826 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.822 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.819 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)817 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.815 views
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Enjoying the wind.813 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.812 views
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And they are really scenic.802 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.799 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.799 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.798 views
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Our Opel Corsa.793 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.788 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.785 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. :)782 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.781 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.781 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.781 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.777 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.775 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.773 views
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Seagulls.773 views
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Climbing the dune.772 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.772 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.769 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.767 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.763 views
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Beaches of Cofete.762 views
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From the road along the peninsula.759 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.758 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.757 views
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The city beach.753 views
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A rock in the sand.751 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.750 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.747 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.745 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.738 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.737 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.732 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?731 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.729 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.723 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)721 views
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Cofete.713 views
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