 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2178 views
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A long stretch of sand.1782 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1779 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1654 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1283 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1251 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1205 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?1106 views
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Road.1069 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(1014 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.963 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)960 views
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Lanzarote landscape.928 views
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Looooong beach ...921 views
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The whole island is full of this little red plant. I have no idea what it's called, but it makes for a colorful foreground.902 views
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Colored hills.901 views
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The beach was deserted.877 views
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We only got the car around 11 a.m. so our exploration started in the harshest part of the day. We drove south, past Puerto del Rosario, and made our first stop at Costa de Antigua. The shore with cliffs is impressive.858 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.835 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)822 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.820 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.816 views
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Low tide.816 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.809 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.803 views
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More white sandy beaches.803 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.801 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.799 views
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Waves.798 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.793 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.792 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. ;)787 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.787 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.786 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.784 views
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A black rock.784 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.782 views
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Lanzarote landscape.782 views
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Patterns of the ground.779 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.779 views
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A Cofete house.776 views
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The dune.776 views
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Algeria from above. The visibility wasn't so great and photos turned out mostly grey, so Photoshop came in handy to create "art", hehe. ;)774 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.773 views
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A roundabout.773 views
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A house with a view.772 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.771 views
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The road through the Parque Natural de Corralejo goes straight through the desert. People can park their cars on either side of the road and then walk across the dunes to the beach.766 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.766 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)766 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.762 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.761 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.761 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)761 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.760 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.760 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.760 views
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A red valley.759 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.759 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.758 views
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We flew from Salzburg to Fuerteventura with a quick stop on the adjacent island, Lanzarote. The five-hour flight was quite uneventful so I occupied myself with taking pictures.756 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)756 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.756 views
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On the last day I realized I hadn't really taken any pictures of Corralejo, the town where we were staying. Well, it's nothing special really. Here's just one photo of one of the main streets.756 views
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Yellow dunes.755 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.755 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)755 views
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The view from the first floor. One of the great things here is that hotels are not built high. Instead, they are spread out over large areas.753 views
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A very imaginative letter box.753 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.753 views
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Enjoying the wind.752 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.751 views
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We were already in the clouds.750 views
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Sand.748 views
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More Algerian landscapes.747 views
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Our Opel Corsa.747 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.746 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.745 views
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And they are really scenic.744 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.744 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.744 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.742 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!741 views
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A dune and a photographer.741 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.740 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.740 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.740 views
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Kiddie pool.739 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.739 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.738 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.738 views
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A windsurfer.737 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.735 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.733 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.733 views
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It seemed odd to us that all towns and villages were incredibly deserted. There was nobody in sight. Did we land in the land of ghost towns?732 views
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One of the stops has regular visitors - little ground squirrel, which are so used to people they come running when they hear a car stopping.732 views
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... and towards the north.732 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.732 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.732 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.732 views
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One.731 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.730 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.730 views
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In the plane.730 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.729 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. :)728 views
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A Moroccan town.727 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.727 views
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The countryside on the way to La Pared was spectacular again. We stopped the car along the road and climbed a nearby hill to take photos in all four directions.727 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)726 views
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The bay.726 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.726 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.725 views
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Seagulls.725 views
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Into the sun.725 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)725 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.723 views
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The village of Tindaya.723 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.723 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.722 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.722 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.722 views
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A volcanic cone.722 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.722 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.721 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.721 views
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A white road and a red road.721 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.721 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.720 views
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Climbing the dune.720 views
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On the dune.720 views
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My footsteps.720 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.719 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.719 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.719 views
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Our car down below.719 views
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In the car along the desert road.719 views
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The landscape between Corralejo and El Cotillo is just as deserted and barren as most of the island. Surprisingly, there were many stone fences.718 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.718 views
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Corralejo and its desert.718 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.717 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.717 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.716 views
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The bay.716 views
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The water is not very warm and the wind blows all the time, so we opted to just sit on the beach for a while and leave swimming for some other time.715 views
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Remember these hills?715 views
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Strange-looking flowers.715 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.715 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.714 views
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Typical architecture.714 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.714 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.714 views
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Yep, the water is cold.713 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.713 views
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A windmill.713 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.713 views
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Play of light and shadow.713 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.713 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.712 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.712 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.712 views
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O hai! :)712 views
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The coastal road.711 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.711 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.709 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.709 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.709 views
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Green waves.708 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.708 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.708 views
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Waves overflowing a rocky barrier in front of the cliffs.708 views
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Colorful hills.708 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.707 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.706 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.706 views
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Lots of greenery around the resort is actually deceiving as the island itself is not nearly as green.705 views
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There was a lookout point ...705 views
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The landscape amazed me.705 views
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The city beach.705 views
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From the road along the peninsula.705 views
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Climbing the dune.704 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.703 views
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Road.703 views
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Interesting wisps of clouds.703 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.703 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.702 views
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The beach.702 views
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Deserted sandy beach.701 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.701 views
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A rock in the sand.701 views
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Green window.701 views
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We stayed at an apartment hotel in Corralejo at the northern tip of the island. The place was big, pleasant, quiet, and had several swimming pools for those who preferred to stay put.700 views
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Faro del Tostón.700 views
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Arid slopes.700 views
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The dune.700 views
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Las Salinas del Carmen.699 views
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The landscape is barren and almost devoid of settlements, just a house here and there.699 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.699 views
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To the south there is a series of sandy beaches and more cliffs in the distance.699 views
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