 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2110 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1723 views
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A long stretch of sand.1708 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1597 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1224 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1194 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1153 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?1030 views
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Road.1029 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(946 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)887 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.876 views
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Looooong beach ...865 views
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Lanzarote landscape.855 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.845 views
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Colored hills.832 views
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The beach was deserted.805 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.798 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.766 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)762 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.757 views
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Waves.745 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.742 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.741 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.739 views
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Low tide.732 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.731 views
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A black rock.729 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.728 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.727 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.727 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.722 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.722 views
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Lanzarote landscape.720 views
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More white sandy beaches.719 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)719 views
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A house with a view.717 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. ;)716 views
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A Cofete house.714 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.713 views
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A roundabout.713 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)712 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.712 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.712 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.712 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.711 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.710 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.709 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.709 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.708 views
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Patterns of the ground.707 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.707 views
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Yellow dunes.706 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.706 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.706 views
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A red valley.703 views
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The dune.701 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.700 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. ;)699 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)699 views
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We were already in the clouds.698 views
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Our Opel Corsa.696 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.694 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)694 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.693 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.691 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.691 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.690 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.689 views
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A dune and a photographer.688 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)687 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.686 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.686 views
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A Moroccan town.685 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.685 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.684 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.683 views
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Seagulls.683 views
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A windsurfer.683 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.683 views
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... and towards the north.682 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. :)682 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.682 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.682 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.682 views
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Kiddie pool.681 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.681 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.680 views
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A white road and a red road.680 views
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In the plane.680 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.679 views
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A very imaginative letter box.679 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.679 views
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The bay.678 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.678 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.677 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.676 views
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More Algerian landscapes.675 views
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And they are really scenic.675 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.675 views
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Into the sun.675 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.674 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.674 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.674 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.674 views
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Climbing the dune.673 views
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The bay.673 views
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Sand.673 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)672 views
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Enjoying the wind.672 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.672 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.672 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.672 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!671 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?671 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.671 views
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Our car down below.671 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.670 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.669 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.669 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.669 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.668 views
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The village of Tindaya.668 views
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Play of light and shadow.668 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.668 views
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My footsteps.668 views
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There was a lookout point ...667 views
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Climbing the dune.667 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.667 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.667 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.666 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.665 views
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A windmill.665 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.664 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.663 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.663 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.663 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.662 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.662 views
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Colorful hills.662 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.661 views
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Remember these hills?661 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.660 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.659 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.659 views
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The coastal road.659 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.659 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.659 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.658 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.657 views
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A lookout on the cliff.657 views
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At the Betancuria pass again. The clouds had descended almost all the way down to the road.657 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.657 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.656 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.656 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.655 views
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The dune.655 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.654 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.654 views
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Back at the village after the dark clouds had disappeared.654 views
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On the dune.654 views
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Corralejo and its desert.654 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.653 views
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Arid slopes.653 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.652 views
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One.651 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.651 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.651 views
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A volcanic cone.651 views
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On the way back the weather didn't cease to show its dramatic side.651 views
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From the road along the peninsula.650 views
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Typical architecture.650 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.650 views
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In the car along the desert road.650 views
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Would you like to live there?649 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.649 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.649 views
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At the end of the trail there are a couple of caves that are accessible to public.649 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.648 views
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Small village Majanicho in the north. Again, no people anywhere.647 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.646 views
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Green window.646 views
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The coast through the dirty window. :(646 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.645 views
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The wind never stops blowing.645 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.645 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.645 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.645 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.644 views
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Kiddie pool at night.643 views
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Yep, the water is cold.643 views
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The position of the lighthouse is really impressive.643 views
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A rock in the sand.643 views
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"Cracks" in the ground.643 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.642 views
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The landscape amazed me.641 views
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Faro del Tostón.641 views
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The city beach.641 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.641 views
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Number 6.641 views
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