 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...1943 views
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A long stretch of sand.1492 views
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Road.860 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.691 views
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Looooong beach ...648 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.549 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.527 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.526 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.525 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)525 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.525 views
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Climbing the dune.525 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.524 views
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And they are really scenic.522 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. ;)522 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.516 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.516 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.515 views
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A Cofete house.514 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.513 views
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Seagulls.512 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.511 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.507 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.505 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.505 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.503 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.501 views
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Enjoying the wind.501 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.496 views
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The city beach.496 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)494 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.493 views
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Patterns of the ground.493 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.493 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.492 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.492 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.491 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.491 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.488 views
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Our Opel Corsa.483 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. :)482 views
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From the road along the peninsula.482 views
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Beaches of Cofete.481 views
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A rock in the sand.481 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.480 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.479 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.478 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.478 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?476 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.475 views
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Cofete.475 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.473 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)472 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.471 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.471 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.464 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.462 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.459 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.459 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.454 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.436 views
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