 Most viewed - May 2009
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... perfect for long walks ...2007 views
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I liked the peak in the distance - what a shape. ;)1619 views
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A long stretch of sand.1590 views
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The (only) loval restaurant was closed, but I loved its back entrance.1467 views
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We had a high-jump competition of sorts - did I jump high enough? :)1106 views
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Down the cliff the rocks were overgrown with green algae.1084 views
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It was scorching hot and the promenade was deserted.1056 views
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Road.939 views
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Swimming in the pools is not allowed after 7 p.m. Can you believe it?924 views
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Of course I managed to prick my finger on it. :(839 views
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We then drove on a dirt road along the coast. Peter was happy. :)772 views
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From the dune with a fisheye lens.769 views
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Looooong beach ...753 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.727 views
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Lanzarote landscape.718 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.711 views
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Colored hills.705 views
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The beach was deserted.675 views
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A typical bus stop along the road. Main roads are, btw, very good - paved and in a good shape.650 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)638 views
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Isla de los Lobos is just a short boat ride away.628 views
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From the pass we descended down to the main road.623 views
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Back at the dunes I still found new things to photograph.623 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)622 views
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More white sandy beaches.619 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.617 views
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A Cofete house.617 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.616 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.615 views
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A black rock.615 views
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The pretty white church of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria with a black bell tower in La Oliva.613 views
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Waves.610 views
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Lanzarote landscape.608 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. ;)604 views
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At the end of the valley there is a fantastic lookout point from a pass towards the west.604 views
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I was standing ankle-deep in the sea to make this picture.603 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.603 views
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Spinach ravioli - very good! :)603 views
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The sun behind the clouds shone on the sea.600 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.599 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.599 views
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A house with a view.598 views
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One part of the beach is sandy.598 views
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One sun beam illuminated a narrow strip of land.598 views
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Our Opel Corsa.597 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. ;)597 views
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I wanted to see Los Molinos again to shoot it in a more favorable light.596 views
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Low tide.594 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.593 views
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People slide down the dunes or even make cartwheels.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.592 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.592 views
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Many people come here to windsurf.591 views
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Take-off on Lanzarote.591 views
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Kiddie pool.590 views
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Yellow dunes.590 views
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In the plane.588 views
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The outskirts of La Oliva.587 views
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The dune.587 views
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We were already in the clouds.586 views
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Ominous clouds approached from the inland to cover the picturesque village.585 views
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A roundabout.585 views
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A windsurfer.584 views
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Seagulls.583 views
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No dogs. Ironically, we saw three dogs - and no humans. :)583 views
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Patterns of the ground.582 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)582 views
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Again, the place is ideal to sit down and listen to the sea.582 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.581 views
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Climbing the dune.581 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.581 views
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Some waves spray over ten meters high when they crash into the rocks.581 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.580 views
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A dune and a photographer.580 views
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The island is supposed to be famous for goats, but we only saw a handful the whole week.580 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.579 views
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Villa Winter at the foot of the mountains.579 views
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One of the many beaches along the coast.578 views
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There was a lookout point ...578 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.578 views
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Peter had fun photographing the water fountain.578 views
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... and towards the north.577 views
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More Algerian landscapes.576 views
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Last view of Lanzarote.576 views
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An inland lake in Morocco.575 views
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Remember these hills?575 views
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We parked the car and walked to the beach. Beach chairs and umbreally can be rented.575 views
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The food was surprisingly good! Way to go, Niki Air!574 views
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The tide creates an interesting pattern of beach and inlets.574 views
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On the way to Los Molinos.573 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.572 views
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Climbing the dune.572 views
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This guy was really good - he sped along the beach and made a perfect turn.570 views
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Enjoying the wind.570 views
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When we had had enough of the sand, we headed south. The landscape around La Oliva is spectacular.570 views
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... with the waves gently lapping at your feet.569 views
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The valley of Vallebrón is full of terraces.569 views
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Dark and rainy here, but far in the distance the sun was setting.569 views
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A cat sat underneath our table the whole time we ate. This love-struck look was intended for Peter. :)568 views
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It was warm enough so we decided to go for a swim.568 views
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I just stood in the water, letting the waves lap at me and taking photos.568 views
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Los Molinos is a small villages of maybe ten houses set on a beach and surrounded by magnificent cliffs.567 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.567 views
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And they are really scenic.566 views
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The terraces appeared to have been deserted.566 views
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The bay.566 views
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Moonscape with the sea in the background.566 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. :)565 views
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A white road and a red road.565 views
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Into the sun.565 views
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A grid of beach umbrellas? No, thank you.564 views
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At the end of the trail there are a couple of caves that are accessible to public.564 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.563 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.562 views
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A port town close to Oran, Algeria.562 views
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Salt evaporation ponds with a footbridge.562 views
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Los Molinos in the late afternoon light.562 views
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Puffy clouds above Northern Africa.561 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.561 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?561 views
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The bay.561 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.561 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.560 views
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The village of Puerto de la Cruz with a single giant wind turbine.560 views
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The Betancuria pass was cloudy and dreary.560 views
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Coast close to Oran, Algeria.559 views
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A Moroccan town.559 views
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Yep, the water is cold.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 wind was quite strong but it didn't make big waves.559 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.559 views
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Every hotel has a swimming pool! ;)558 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.558 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.558 views
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Faro del Tostón.558 views
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There's obviously enough moisture for some plants to grow.558 views
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One.557 views
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My little waterproof Olympus came in handy.557 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.556 views
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A very imaginative letter box.556 views
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In the car along the desert road.556 views
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Waiting for the take-off at the Fuerteventura airport.556 views
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"Cracks" in the ground.555 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.554 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.554 views
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Just outside La Oliva after sunset.554 views
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A lookout on the cliff.554 views
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Back at the village after the dark clouds had disappeared.553 views
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Our lunch, a sea food platter. It was delicious.553 views
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Belts of sand formed by the tide.553 views
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On the dune.553 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.552 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.552 views
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Colorful hills.552 views
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A red valley.552 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.551 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.551 views
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Typical architecture.551 views
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Our car down below.551 views
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The air traffic is quite busy.551 views
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From the road along the peninsula.550 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.550 views
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Puertito de los Molinos.549 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.548 views
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A scrawny little bush in the sand.548 views
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Lots of greenery around the resort is actually deceiving as the island itself is not nearly as green.547 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.547 views
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My footsteps.547 views
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I don't know where all the inhabitants were, but we didn't see a soul.546 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.546 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.546 views
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The village of Tindaya.546 views
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From the hill the views were breathtaking.546 views
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Sand.546 views
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On the way back the weather didn't cease to show its dramatic side.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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The coastal road.545 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.545 views
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At the Betancuria pass again. The clouds had descended almost all the way down to the road.545 views
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Corralejo and its desert.545 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.544 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.544 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.544 views
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The coast through the dirty window. :(544 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.543 views
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The city beach.543 views
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The cliffs and the waves.543 views
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A sand dune extending from the hill to the beach.543 views
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Just before landing on Lanzarote.543 views
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A rock in the sand.542 views
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Would you like to live there?541 views
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The landscape amazed me.541 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.541 views
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A windmill.541 views
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Only sporadic sun rays illuminated the landscape, or in this case, the village of Tindaya.541 views
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Limestone.541 views
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A river snaking its way through the desert.540 views
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Deserted sandy beach.540 views
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One more look before returning.540 views
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The wind never stops blowing.539 views
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