 Most viewed - May 2009
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Road.473 views
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A rock in the sand.472 views
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Lonely streets of Ajuy.472 views
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A red mountain.472 views
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Our Opel Corsa.471 views
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There is a dune looming behind the beach.471 views
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O hai! :)471 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.471 views
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From above it's easy to see how arid Lanzarote is.470 views
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Would you like to live there?470 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.470 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.470 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.470 views
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From the cliff.470 views
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Back at the Sotavento beach. First we climbed the hill above the beach.470 views
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The landscape is barren and almost devoid of settlements, just a house here and there.469 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.469 views
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Kiddie pool at night.468 views
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At another lookout point at the top of another pass there were two giant statues of men in thongs. :)468 views
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The wind never stops blowing.468 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.468 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.468 views
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By noon we made it to Ajuy, a coastal village with a black sandy beach and some interesting cliffs.468 views
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Puerto del Rosario from above.468 views
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Purple skies in the evening.467 views
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Is that a snake trail?467 views
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Yes, there was one person! Miracle! :)467 views
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Are you taking a photo of me?467 views
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Cofete.467 views
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Just before landing on Lanzarote.467 views
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Small village Majanicho in the north. Again, no people anywhere.466 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.466 views
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Play of light and shadow.466 views
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At the end of the El Cotillo area there is Faro del Tostón, a red-and-white striped lighthouse.465 views
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There's a footpath on top of the limestone cliffs that leads to some caves.465 views
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A golf course on Lanzarote.464 views
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Deserted sandy beach.464 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.464 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.464 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)464 views
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Shores of an inland lake in Morocco.463 views
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... and saw an imposing structure on top of a hill. "What the hell is this?" we thought.463 views
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... with nothing but the desert and the water all around.463 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.463 views
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Moonscape.463 views
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Road.463 views
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Shades of nature's colors.463 views
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The village of Vega del Río de Palmas has a picturesque plaza with a church.462 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.462 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.462 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.462 views
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The thunder of crashing waves is deafening.461 views
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Hard terrain mixed with the soft dunes.461 views
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Desolate, but beautiful.461 views
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An older house. I love the lamp.460 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.460 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.460 views
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Moon-like landscapes abound.459 views
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The position of the lighthouse is really impressive.459 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.459 views
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All the time the wind kept sweeping the sand over the dunes (and into us!).459 views
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Strange-looking flowers.459 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.458 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.457 views
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Green doorways.457 views
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Green waves.456 views
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The view of the bay and the village.456 views
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The walk along the trail is pleasant, but it was hot and humid and windless that day.456 views
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A river snaking its way through the desert.455 views
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No, I had no intention of going there anyway. ;)455 views
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The church in Pájara with a lush and shady park.455 views
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The coastal road.455 views
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Yellow slopes.455 views
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Number 6.454 views
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A whale skeleton. It's huge. Compare it with Peter, who is "only" 195 cm tall. ;)453 views
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We sped back under dark clouds and past some red mountains.453 views
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I even had a photo taken of me.453 views
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A coastal town on Lanzarote.452 views
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An inn? We never found out, the place was closed and there was absolutely nobody. Completely abandoned.452 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.452 views
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The clouds were gracious enough to grant us one single sun ray. :)452 views
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Rolling hills.451 views
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After ten minutes at the beach we headed to the dunes. I wonder which animal made these tracks. :)451 views
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To the south there is a series of sandy beaches and more cliffs in the distance.451 views
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This fortress overlooks the steep bay.451 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.450 views
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Typical colors: white and green.448 views
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You can only stop at a few designated places.448 views
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The harsh landscapes with sparse vegetation is very scenic.448 views
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There is also a museum next to the lighthouse, but it was closed when we were there.448 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.448 views
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Terraces.448 views
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The sun was hiding again as it had been almost every day around sunset.446 views
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Las Salinas del Carmen.445 views
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The village square.445 views
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Waves crashing against the rocks.445 views
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... high above the sea ...445 views
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On the road close to La Oliva we basked in the late afternoon light.445 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.445 views
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The view towards the west and the sea.445 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.444 views
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Peter at the top of the dune.444 views
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More patterns.444 views
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After scouting this lookout the previous day, we returned the following morning, but the weather didn't cooperate much.444 views
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Dune.443 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.442 views
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Moonscape.442 views
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There's a path to the nearby cliff which you can climb with some great views.441 views
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The lagoons around it offer calm waters in contrast with the raging waves crashing against the outer shore.441 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.439 views
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Several dirt roads deep down in the valley.439 views
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Peter was just as trigger-happy as me. :)439 views
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Cactus detail.439 views
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Here the sand is white and not yellow as around Corralejo.439 views
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Apart from green, blue is also a popular color for house paint.436 views
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An obligatory fish-eye shot. ;) Yes, the sea is almost 200 meters down below.436 views
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Cliffs in the distance.435 views
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Windswept sandy beaches strewn with rocks.433 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.432 views
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Curves.431 views
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Later on we stopped in the town of Pájara. Peter wsa dwarfed by a giant cactus.430 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.429 views
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We heard that there is a lighthouse not far from Las Playitas. We drove along this valley ...427 views
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A dune.427 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.423 views
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A pile of salt.421 views
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Las Playitas from the inland side: it looks like a white village in the middle of the desert.421 views
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Most roads were lined with this red plant with small leaves.417 views
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The road on the other side of the valley.413 views
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Flower.401 views
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