 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2112 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1725 views
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A long stretch of sand.1710 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1599 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1226 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1195 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1155 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?1032 views
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Road.1031 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(948 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)890 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.879 views
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Looooong beach ...867 views
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Lanzarote landscape.857 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.848 views
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Colored hills.834 views
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The beach was deserted.808 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.800 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.768 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)764 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.759 views
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Waves.747 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.744 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.743 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.741 views
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Low tide.734 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.732 views
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A black rock.731 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.730 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.729 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.728 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.724 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.724 views
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Lanzarote landscape.722 views
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More white sandy beaches.721 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)721 views
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A house with a view.719 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. ;)718 views
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A Cofete house.716 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.715 views
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A roundabout.715 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)714 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.714 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.714 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.714 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.713 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.712 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.711 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.711 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.711 views
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Patterns of the ground.709 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.709 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.708 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.708 views
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Yellow dunes.707 views
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A red valley.705 views
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The dune.702 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.702 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)701 views
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We were already in the clouds.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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Our Opel Corsa.698 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.696 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)695 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.695 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.693 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.692 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.692 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.691 views
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A dune and a photographer.690 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)689 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.688 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.688 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.687 views
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A Moroccan town.686 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.686 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.685 views
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Seagulls.685 views
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A windsurfer.685 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.685 views
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... and towards the north.684 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. :)684 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.684 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.684 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.684 views
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Kiddie pool.683 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.683 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.682 views
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A white road and a red road.682 views
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In the plane.682 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.681 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.680 views
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A very imaginative letter box.680 views
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The bay.680 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.680 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.679 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.678 views
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More Algerian landscapes.677 views
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And they are really scenic.677 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.677 views
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Into the sun.677 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.676 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.676 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.676 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.676 views
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Climbing the dune.675 views
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The bay.675 views
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Sand.675 views
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Enjoying the wind.674 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.674 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.674 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.674 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!673 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)673 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?673 views
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Our car down below.673 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.672 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.671 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.671 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.671 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.670 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.670 views
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The village of Tindaya.670 views
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Play of light and shadow.670 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.670 views
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My footsteps.670 views
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There was a lookout point ...669 views
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Climbing the dune.669 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.669 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.668 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.667 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.667 views
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A windmill.667 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.665 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.665 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.665 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.665 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.664 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.664 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.663 views
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Colorful hills.663 views
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Remember these hills?663 views
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The wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.662 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.661 views
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The coastal road.661 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.661 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.660 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.660 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.660 views
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A lookout on the cliff.659 views
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At the Betancuria pass again. The clouds had descended almost all the way down to the road.659 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.658 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.658 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.658 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.658 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.657 views
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The dune.657 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.656 views
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Back at the village after the dark clouds had disappeared.656 views
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On the dune.656 views
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Corralejo and its desert.656 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.655 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.655 views
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Arid slopes.655 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.654 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.653 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.653 views
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A volcanic cone.653 views
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Typical architecture.653 views
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On the way back the weather didn't cease to show its dramatic side.653 views
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One.652 views
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From the road along the peninsula.652 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.652 views
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In the car along the desert road.652 views
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Would you like to live there?651 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.651 views
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At the end of the trail there are a couple of caves that are accessible to public.651 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.650 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.650 views
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Small village Majanicho in the north. Again, no people anywhere.648 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.648 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.648 views
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Green window.648 views
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The coast through the dirty window. :(648 views
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The wind never stops blowing.647 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.647 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.647 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.646 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.646 views
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Yep, the water is cold.645 views
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The position of the lighthouse is really impressive.645 views
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A rock in the sand.645 views
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"Cracks" in the ground.645 views
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Kiddie pool at night.644 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.644 views
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The landscape amazed me.643 views
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Faro del Tostón.643 views
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The city beach.643 views
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Number 6.643 views
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Lots of greenery around the resort is actually deceiving as the island itself is not nearly as green.642 views
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