 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...2034 views
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A long stretch of sand.1621 views
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Road.948 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.796 views
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Looooong beach ...779 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.644 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.643 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)643 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.641 views
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A Cofete house.640 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.631 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. ;)629 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.627 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.627 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.619 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.616 views
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Our Opel Corsa.613 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.611 views
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Patterns of the ground.608 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)606 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.604 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.604 views
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Seagulls.602 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.600 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.598 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.594 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.591 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.591 views
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Enjoying the wind.590 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.587 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.587 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. :)584 views
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Climbing the dune.584 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.583 views
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And they are really scenic.583 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.580 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.572 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.571 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.570 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.568 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.565 views
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From the road along the peninsula.564 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.564 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.555 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.553 views
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A rock in the sand.552 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.551 views
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The city beach.550 views
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Beaches of Cofete.548 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?548 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.548 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.545 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.545 views
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Cofete.545 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.542 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)541 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.531 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.529 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.529 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.527 views
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