 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...2115 views
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A long stretch of sand.1714 views
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Road.1035 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.884 views
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Looooong beach ...872 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.745 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.734 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.733 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.732 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. ;)721 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.719 views
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A Cofete house.719 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)718 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.718 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.715 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.715 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.713 views
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Patterns of the ground.712 views
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Our Opel Corsa.701 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)700 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.690 views
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Seagulls.689 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.688 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. :)688 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.688 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.688 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.688 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.682 views
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And they are really scenic.681 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.681 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.680 views
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Climbing the dune.679 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.679 views
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Enjoying the wind.678 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.675 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.674 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.674 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.667 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.665 views
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From the road along the peninsula.656 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.655 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.652 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.651 views
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A rock in the sand.649 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.648 views
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The city beach.647 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.647 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.642 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.641 views
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Beaches of Cofete.638 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?638 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.632 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.631 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)631 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.630 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.627 views
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Cofete.625 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.623 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.622 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.617 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.600 views
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