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... perfect for long walks ...1695 views
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A long stretch of sand.1222 views
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Road.569 views
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Looooong beach ...271 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.256 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.236 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.234 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.227 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.220 views
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Enjoying the wind.219 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.219 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.216 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.216 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. ;)215 views
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Beaches of Cofete.214 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.213 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.213 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.213 views
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Climbing the dune.212 views
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The city beach.212 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.212 views
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Seagulls.212 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.210 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?210 views
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And they are really scenic.209 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.209 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.208 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.208 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.207 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.206 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.205 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.205 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.205 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.204 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.203 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.203 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.202 views
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Patterns of the ground.201 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.199 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. :)197 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.196 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.194 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.192 views
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A Cofete house.192 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.192 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)192 views
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Our Opel Corsa.191 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)191 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.190 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.190 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.189 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.189 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.188 views
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Cofete.188 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)187 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.187 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.187 views
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From the road along the peninsula.186 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.183 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.182 views
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A rock in the sand.181 views
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