 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...2030 views
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A long stretch of sand.1617 views
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Road.944 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.793 views
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Looooong beach ...775 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)642 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.640 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.640 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.637 views
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A Cofete house.637 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.628 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. ;)624 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.624 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.623 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.617 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.613 views
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Our Opel Corsa.611 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.608 views
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Patterns of the ground.605 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)603 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.602 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.601 views
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Seagulls.599 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.597 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.593 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.590 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.589 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.589 views
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Enjoying the wind.586 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.583 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.583 views
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Climbing the dune.582 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. :)580 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.580 views
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And they are really scenic.579 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.578 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.568 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.568 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.567 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.566 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.564 views
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From the road along the peninsula.563 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.560 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.557 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.554 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.550 views
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A rock in the sand.549 views
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The city beach.548 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.548 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.547 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.544 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?544 views
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Cofete.544 views
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Beaches of Cofete.543 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.541 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.539 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)537 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.529 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.527 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.526 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.523 views
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