Last view of Lanzarote.189 views
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More Algerian landscapes.188 views
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Returning to the north we stopped at the Corralejo dunes. Yellow sand and turquoise sea, it was a beautiful sight.188 views
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A wide angle view of the beach.188 views
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One.187 views
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Road.187 views
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The dune.187 views
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Green waves.186 views
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Patterns of the ground.186 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.186 views
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Terraces.186 views
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The view towards the west and the sea.186 views
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No, I had no intention of going there anyway. ;)185 views
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Peter was just as trigger-happy as me. :)185 views
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There is also a museum next to the lighthouse, but it was closed when we were there.185 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.185 views
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Las Salinas del Carmen.183 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.183 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.182 views
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A very imaginative letter box.182 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. :)182 views
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Shores of an inland lake in Morocco.180 views
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A river snaking its way through the desert.180 views
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A pile of salt.180 views
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A bit more to the south there are the salt pans of Las Salinas. The light was terrible but at least there weren't many visitors so we had the place almost to ourselves.179 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.179 views
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Fuerteventura is a very windy island so people have made use of the wind power since ancient times. And yes, that's me. :)178 views
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Rolling hills.178 views
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The road the descends from the lookout at the pass is winding and narrow.178 views
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A coastal town on Lanzarote.177 views
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A golf course on Lanzarote.176 views
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An older house. I love the lamp.176 views
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The impressive white lighthouse towers above the beach.176 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.176 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.176 views
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A Moroccan town.175 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.175 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.175 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)175 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.175 views
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A Cofete house.175 views
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The thunder of crashing waves is deafening.174 views
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Hard terrain mixed with the soft dunes.174 views
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Peter at the top of the dune.174 views
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Yellow dunes.174 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.174 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)174 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.173 views
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Our Opel Corsa.173 views
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From the road along the peninsula.173 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.173 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.173 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.173 views
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After a quick stop at the Lanzarote airport we took off again for a short hop to the next island.172 views
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Yes, there was one person! Miracle! :)172 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.172 views
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Deserted sandy beach.171 views
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Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.171 views
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Cofete.171 views
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This fortress overlooks the steep bay.170 views
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Just before returning home we drove to the village of El Cottilo to admire the cliffs and long, wind-swept beaches.169 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.169 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)169 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.169 views
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Curves.168 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.168 views
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I don't know where all the inhabitants were, but we didn't see a soul.167 views
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Moon-like landscapes abound.166 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.166 views
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Dune.166 views
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Small village Majanicho in the north. Again, no people anywhere.166 views
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Faro del Tostón.166 views
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Cliffs in the distance.166 views
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Apart from green, blue is also a popular color for house paint.165 views
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An obligatory fish-eye shot. ;) Yes, the sea is almost 200 meters down below.165 views
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The village of Vega del Río de Palmas has a picturesque plaza with a church.165 views
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A dune.165 views
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Cactus detail.165 views
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At the end of the El Cotillo area there is Faro del Tostón, a red-and-white striped lighthouse.165 views
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Typical colors: white and green.164 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.164 views
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The coastal road.164 views
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To the south there is a series of sandy beaches and more cliffs in the distance.164 views
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A rock in the sand.164 views
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There's a path to the nearby cliff which you can climb with some great views.163 views
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... and saw an imposing structure on top of a hill. "What the hell is this?" we thought.163 views
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The church in Pájara with a lush and shady park.163 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?163 views
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One of the largest dunes probably pale in comparison with, let's say, Namib dunes, but I enjoyed the photoshoot anyway.163 views
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Did I say I was through with patterns? ;)163 views
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... high above the sea ...162 views
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They eat out of your hand or try to grab hold of the goodie to eat it somewhere hidden where there's no danger another squirrel will steal the food.162 views
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An inn? We never found out, the place was closed and there was absolutely nobody. Completely abandoned.162 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.162 views
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Is that a snake trail?162 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.162 views
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Most roads were lined with this red plant with small leaves.162 views
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Here the sand is white and not yellow as around Corralejo.162 views
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... with nothing but the desert and the water all around.161 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.161 views
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The wind never stops blowing.161 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.161 views
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All the time the wind kept sweeping the sand over the dunes (and into us!).161 views
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The lagoons around it offer calm waters in contrast with the raging waves crashing against the outer shore.161 views
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Windswept sandy beaches strewn with rocks.161 views
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Would you like to live there?160 views
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It turned out this was the lighthouse we were headed to! On top of a 200-meter cliff, it offered fantastic views.160 views
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After ten minutes at the beach we headed to the dunes. I wonder which animal made these tracks. :)160 views
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The sun was hiding again as it had been almost every day around sunset.160 views
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We sped back under dark clouds and past some red mountains.160 views
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It's difficult to stop anywhere along the roads as the shoulders are very high, so the only option is to pull over on a side road.160 views
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The landscape is barren and almost devoid of settlements, just a house here and there.159 views
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The village square.159 views
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Waves crashing against the rocks.159 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.159 views
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We heard that there is a lighthouse not far from Las Playitas. We drove along this valley ...157 views
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There was a lookout point ...157 views
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The position of the lighthouse is really impressive.157 views
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The return trip back to the north where we were staying was spectacular again. The road between Pájara and Betancuria, lined with picturesque white stones, twists across a pass.157 views
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You can only stop at a few designated places.157 views
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Las Playitas from the inland side: it looks like a white village in the middle of the desert.156 views
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The landscape amazed me.156 views
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On the road close to La Oliva we basked in the late afternoon light.156 views
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More patterns.156 views
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Several dirt roads deep down in the valley.155 views
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The road on the other side of the valley.155 views
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The harsh landscapes with sparse vegetation is very scenic.154 views
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Expansive views back towards Betancuria ...153 views
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Later on we stopped in the town of Pájara. Peter wsa dwarfed by a giant cactus.151 views
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Flower.151 views
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