Blue skies and white clouds and green waters.266 views
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A pile of salt.265 views
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No, I had no intention of going there anyway. ;)265 views
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The wind was so strong here I could harldy keep my camera still.265 views
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Moonscape.265 views
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Purple skies in the evening.264 views
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Green waves.264 views
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Rolling hills.264 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. :)264 views
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Many people spend days just walking along several kilometers of the beach.264 views
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The lighthouse at Puerto de la Cruz.264 views
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After scouting this lookout the previous day, we returned the following morning, but the weather didn't cooperate much.264 views
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Interesting wisps of clouds.264 views
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The view towards the west and the sea.264 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.263 views
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Play of light and shadow.263 views
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Terraces.263 views
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A red valley.263 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.262 views
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The beaches of Sotavento are a windsurfer's paradise.262 views
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The road is not paved but it's quite easily negotiable.262 views
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From the cliff.262 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.262 views
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Our next stop was the village of Las Playitas.261 views
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We just sat for a while and enjoyed the sound of the wind.261 views
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One more look from the pass and off we were to the long drive back to Corralejo.261 views
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Road.261 views
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Green patches of Lanzarote.261 views
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A coastal town on Lanzarote.260 views
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Peter was just as trigger-happy as me. :)260 views
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The beach is ideal for long walks.260 views
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A Moroccan town.259 views
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A river snaking its way through the desert.259 views
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Curves.258 views
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Deserted sandy beach.257 views
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There was a lookout point ...257 views
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There is also a museum next to the lighthouse, but it was closed when we were there.257 views
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From the road along the peninsula.257 views
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I took a hundred photos of this hill. :)256 views
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Shores of an inland lake in Morocco.255 views
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A golf course on Lanzarote.255 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.255 views
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... and saw an imposing structure on top of a hill. "What the hell is this?" we thought.254 views
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Nothing but rock and sand and small resilient bushes.254 views
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Our Opel Corsa.254 views
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Cofete.254 views
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The clouds were gracious enough to grant us one single sun ray. :)254 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. :)253 views
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It reminded me of some Greek islands.253 views
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A small green forest. I mean really small.253 views
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The peaks were shrouded in clouds.253 views
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Is that a snake trail?252 views
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An elevated path leads from the town's main avenue to the beach.252 views
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There were only a handful of swimmers at the beach.252 views
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A girl was about to place a tripod in the waves. I think her camera got wet. :)252 views
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... with nothing but the desert and the water all around.251 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.251 views
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Yellow dunes.251 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.251 views
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Windswept sandy beaches strewn with rocks.251 views
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A Cofete house.251 views
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The beach itself was idyllic.251 views
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The area around the village of La Oliva is spectacular in its reddish colors.250 views
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... high above the sea ...250 views
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An inn? We never found out, the place was closed and there was absolutely nobody. Completely abandoned.250 views
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On the road close to La Oliva we basked in the late afternoon light.250 views
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A rock in the sand.250 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.249 views
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Moon-like landscapes abound.249 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.249 views
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Small village Majanicho in the north. Again, no people anywhere.249 views
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The traffic is sparse to say the least. ;)249 views
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The village of Cofete. We didn't see one single inhabitant, just a few goats.249 views
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Later on we stopped in the town of Pájara. Peter wsa dwarfed by a giant cactus.248 views
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Peter at the top of the dune.248 views
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The coastal road.248 views
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Typical colors: white and green.246 views
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The thunder of crashing waves is deafening.246 views
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Apart from green, blue is also a popular color for house paint.246 views
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Las Playitas from the inland side: it looks like a white village in the middle of the desert.246 views
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Patterns in the sand were amazing.246 views
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Hard terrain mixed with the soft dunes.245 views
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Yes, there was one person! Miracle! :)245 views
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At the end of the El Cotillo area there is Faro del Tostón, a red-and-white striped lighthouse.245 views
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I noticed an unusual structure at the side of the church.244 views
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The sun kept hiding behind one single cloud, which produced a nice play of shadows.244 views
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An unusual species of cacti. I have no idea what it's called.244 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.243 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.243 views
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We heard that there is a lighthouse not far from Las Playitas. We drove along this valley ...242 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?242 views
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Dune.242 views
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Only rare plants grow in the desert.242 views
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This fortress overlooks the steep bay.242 views
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The landscape is barren and almost devoid of settlements, just a house here and there.240 views
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Would you like to live there?240 views
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An obligatory fish-eye shot. ;) Yes, the sea is almost 200 meters down below.240 views
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The church in Pájara with a lush and shady park.240 views
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You can only stop at a few designated places.240 views
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The light was slowly becoming stronger as the sun rose.240 views
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Faro del Tostón.240 views
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Waves crashing against the rocks.239 views
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The position of the lighthouse is really impressive.239 views
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Expansive views back towards Betancuria ...239 views
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A dune.239 views
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I don't know where all the inhabitants were, but we didn't see a soul.238 views
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Cliffs in the distance.238 views
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There's a path to the nearby cliff which you can climb with some great views.237 views
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We sped back under dark clouds and past some red mountains.237 views
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Several dirt roads deep down in the valley.236 views
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The mists of the horizon prevented the sunrise from being spectacular. The light was weak and pretty colorless.236 views
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Cactus detail.235 views
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The road on the other side of the valley.234 views
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The harsh landscapes with sparse vegetation is very scenic.234 views
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After ten minutes at the beach we headed to the dunes. I wonder which animal made these tracks. :)234 views
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The sun was hiding again as it had been almost every day around sunset.234 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.234 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.233 views
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The village of Vega del Río de Palmas has a picturesque plaza with a church.233 views
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We found this littly cactus with long thorns.232 views
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Here the sand is white and not yellow as around Corralejo.231 views
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The village square.230 views
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The landscape amazed me.230 views
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To the south there is a series of sandy beaches and more cliffs in the distance.230 views
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More patterns.229 views
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All the time the wind kept sweeping the sand over the dunes (and into us!).229 views
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Flower.228 views
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The wind never stops blowing.228 views
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The lagoons around it offer calm waters in contrast with the raging waves crashing against the outer shore.224 views
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Most roads were lined with this red plant with small leaves.222 views
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