 Most viewed - May 2009
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)325 views
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There's a footpath on top of the limestone cliffs that leads to some caves.325 views
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Colorful hills.325 views
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A golf course on Lanzarote.324 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)324 views
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A Cofete house.324 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)324 views
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Cofete.324 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.324 views
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The cliffs and the waves.324 views
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Road.324 views
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Colorful houses.324 views
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One.323 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.323 views
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Road.323 views
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Green doorways.323 views
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Green waves.322 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?322 views
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The weather was clearing up while we were sitting on top of the cliff, enjoyed the views and drank beer. :)322 views
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Lanzarote landscape.322 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.321 views
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Las Salinas del Carmen.321 views
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Play of light and shadow.321 views
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From the cliff.321 views
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The beach.321 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.320 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.320 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.320 views
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After scouting this lookout the previous day, we returned the following morning, but the weather didn't cooperate much.320 views
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O hai! :)320 views
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Moon-like landscapes abound.319 views
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An older house. I love the lamp.319 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.319 views
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Peter was just as trigger-happy as me. :)319 views
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Peter at the top of the dune.319 views
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Yellow dunes.319 views
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A red valley.319 views
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Deserted sandy beach.318 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.318 views
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A rock in the sand.318 views
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The rocky beach at Los Molinos.318 views
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Purple skies in the evening.317 views
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No, I had no intention of going there anyway. ;)317 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.317 views
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An inn? We never found out, the place was closed and there was absolutely nobody. Completely abandoned.317 views
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Rolling hills.317 views
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From the road along the peninsula.317 views
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Moonscape.317 views
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A pile of salt.316 views
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Would you like to live there?316 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.315 views
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Apart from green, blue is also a popular color for house paint.315 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.315 views
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There is also a museum next to the lighthouse, but it was closed when we were there.315 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.315 views
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The clouds were gracious enough to grant us one single sun ray. :)315 views
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A whale skeleton. It's huge. Compare it with Peter, who is "only" 195 cm tall. ;)314 views
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The town of El Cotillo has a steep, almost inaccessible shore.314 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.314 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.314 views
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Shores of an inland lake in Morocco.313 views
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A road divides the sea and the dunes.313 views
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... and saw an imposing structure on top of a hill. "What the hell is this?" we thought.313 views
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Expansive views back towards Betancuria ...313 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.313 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.313 views
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Terraces.313 views
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A coastal town on Lanzarote.312 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.312 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.312 views
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On the road close to La Oliva we basked in the late afternoon light.311 views
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Yes, there was one person! Miracle! :)311 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.311 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.310 views
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Curves.310 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.310 views
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After ten minutes at the beach we headed to the dunes. I wonder which animal made these tracks. :)309 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.309 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.308 views
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The coastal road.308 views
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... high above the sea ...307 views
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The position of the lighthouse is really impressive.307 views
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Later on we stopped in the town of Pájara. Peter wsa dwarfed by a giant cactus.307 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.307 views
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Is that a snake trail?307 views
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To the south there is a series of sandy beaches and more cliffs in the distance.307 views
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The landscape is barren and almost devoid of settlements, just a house here and there.306 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.306 views
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All the time the wind kept sweeping the sand over the dunes (and into us!).306 views
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Small village Majanicho in the north. Again, no people anywhere.306 views
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I don't know where all the inhabitants were, but we didn't see a soul.305 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.305 views
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This fortress overlooks the steep bay.305 views
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Faro del Tostón.304 views
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Windswept sandy beaches strewn with rocks.304 views
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The church in Pájara with a lush and shady park.302 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.302 views
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Several dirt roads deep down in the valley.301 views
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You can only stop at a few designated places.301 views
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The harsh landscapes with sparse vegetation is very scenic.300 views
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Hard terrain mixed with the soft dunes.300 views
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A dune.300 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.300 views
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The thunder of crashing waves is deafening.299 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.299 views
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Typical colors: white and green.298 views
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Las Playitas from the inland side: it looks like a white village in the middle of the desert.298 views
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The village square.297 views
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Waves crashing against the rocks.297 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.296 views
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The wind never stops blowing.296 views
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We heard that there is a lighthouse not far from Las Playitas. We drove along this valley ...295 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.294 views
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The road on the other side of the valley.294 views
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The village of Vega del Río de Palmas has a picturesque plaza with a church.294 views
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The landscape amazed me.293 views
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At the end of the El Cotillo area there is Faro del Tostón, a red-and-white striped lighthouse.293 views
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We sped back under dark clouds and past some red mountains.293 views
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An obligatory fish-eye shot. ;) Yes, the sea is almost 200 meters down below.292 views
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Here the sand is white and not yellow as around Corralejo.290 views
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Cactus detail.289 views
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There's a path to the nearby cliff which you can climb with some great views.288 views
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Dune.288 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.286 views
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Cliffs in the distance.286 views
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The sun was hiding again as it had been almost every day around sunset.285 views
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Flower.283 views
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Most roads were lined with this red plant with small leaves.283 views
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The lagoons around it offer calm waters in contrast with the raging waves crashing against the outer shore.279 views
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More patterns.276 views
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