 Most viewed - Fuerteventura - Day 5
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... perfect for long walks ...1832 views
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A long stretch of sand.1361 views
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Road.736 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.480 views
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Looooong beach ...469 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.392 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.389 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.380 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.377 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.368 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.367 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.364 views
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Seagulls.360 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. ;)359 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.358 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.356 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.356 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.355 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.355 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.354 views
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Climbing the dune.353 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.353 views
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And they are really scenic.352 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.352 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.351 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.351 views
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Enjoying the wind.350 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.350 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.350 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.349 views
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The city beach.349 views
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Beaches of Cofete.349 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.349 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.348 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.347 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.347 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?347 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.346 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.346 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. :)345 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.344 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.344 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.343 views
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Patterns of the ground.342 views
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Our Opel Corsa.341 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.341 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)340 views
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A Cofete house.339 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.339 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.338 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)338 views
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Cofete.338 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.338 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.336 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)336 views
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A rock in the sand.330 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.329 views
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From the road along the peninsula.329 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.329 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.328 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.328 views
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