 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2005 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1616 views
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A long stretch of sand.1589 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1465 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1104 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1083 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1055 views
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Road.937 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?923 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(837 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)770 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.767 views
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Looooong beach ...750 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.725 views
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Lanzarote landscape.716 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.710 views
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Colored hills.703 views
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The beach was deserted.669 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.649 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)637 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.626 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.621 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.621 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)620 views
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More white sandy beaches.617 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.615 views
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A Cofete house.615 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.614 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.613 views
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A black rock.613 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.611 views
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Waves.609 views
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Lanzarote landscape.606 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. ;)603 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.602 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.602 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.601 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)601 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.598 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.597 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.597 views
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A house with a view.596 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.596 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.596 views
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Our Opel Corsa.595 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. ;)595 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.594 views
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Low tide.593 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.591 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.591 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.591 views
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Yellow dunes.590 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.590 views
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Kiddie pool.589 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.589 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.589 views
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In the plane.586 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.585 views
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We were already in the clouds.585 views
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The dune.583 views
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A roundabout.583 views
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Patterns of the ground.581 views
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Seagulls.581 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)581 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.581 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.581 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.580 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)580 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.580 views
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A windsurfer.580 views
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Climbing the dune.579 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.579 views
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A dune and a photographer.579 views
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There was a lookout point ...578 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.578 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.577 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.577 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.577 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.577 views
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... and towards the north.576 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.576 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.576 views
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More Algerian landscapes.575 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.574 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.574 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!573 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.573 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.572 views
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Remember these hills?572 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.571 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.571 views
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Climbing the dune.570 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.568 views
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Enjoying the wind.568 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.568 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.567 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.567 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.566 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.566 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.566 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)565 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.565 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.565 views
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And they are really scenic.564 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.564 views
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The bay.564 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. :)563 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.563 views
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A white road and a red road.563 views
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Into the sun.563 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.563 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.562 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.561 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.561 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.561 views
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At the end of the trail there are a couple of caves that are accessible to public.561 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.560 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.560 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?560 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.560 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.559 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.559 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.559 views
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The bay.559 views
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A lifeguard's hut on top of the hill. It's a bit far from the beach and I don't know how a lifeguard is supposed to rescue a swimmer in danger from here.559 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.558 views
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A Moroccan town.558 views
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Yep, the water is cold.558 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)557 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.557 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.557 views
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Faro del Tostón.557 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.557 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.557 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.557 views
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One.556 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.555 views
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A very imaginative letter box.555 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.555 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.555 views
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In the car along the desert road.555 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.555 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.553 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.552 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.552 views
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"Cracks" in the ground.552 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.551 views
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A lookout on the cliff.551 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.550 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.550 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.550 views
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Typical architecture.550 views
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Back at the village after the dark clouds had disappeared.550 views
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A red valley.550 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.550 views
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From the road along the peninsula.549 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.549 views
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Our car down below.549 views
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On the dune.549 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.549 views
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Colorful hills.548 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.548 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.547 views
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Lots of greenery around the resort is actually deceiving as the island itself is not nearly as green.546 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.546 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.546 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.546 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.545 views
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I don't know where all the inhabitants were, but we didn't see a soul.545 views
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The village of Tindaya.545 views
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The coastal road.544 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.544 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.544 views
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My footsteps.544 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.543 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.543 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.543 views
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Sand.543 views
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On the way back the weather didn't cease to show its dramatic side.543 views
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At the Betancuria pass again. The clouds had descended almost all the way down to the road.543 views
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Corralejo and its desert.543 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.542 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.542 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.542 views
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The coast through the dirty window. :(542 views
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The city beach.541 views
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A rock in the sand.541 views
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The cliffs and the waves.541 views
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Just before landing on Lanzarote.541 views
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Would you like to live there?540 views
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The landscape amazed me.540 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.540 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.540 views
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A river snaking its way through the desert.539 views
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Deserted sandy beach.539 views
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A windmill.539 views
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The wind never stops blowing.538 views
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One more look before returning.538 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.538 views
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Limestone.538 views
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