One of the most rugged parts of Lanzarote is the coast between Papagayo and Playa Quemada, where all the barrancos (ravines) from the Ajaches mountains meet the sea. There are esablished walks down the barrancos to individual beaches, but I decided to walk over all the ridges from beach to beach, following a faint trail part of the time, and picking my own course at other times. It was by far the most strenuous walk I've done on Lanzarote so far, and I was glad to arrive at Quemada. There are several interesting ruins along the coast, not least the outline of a stome hut with a circular feature outside with a pivot pin in the middle, and a water couse running from it. I have no idea what it might have been, perhaps a mill of some sort.

The decorated beach is amusing, and relatively easy to reach down a barranco from Femés, although the return trip is a long uphill pull.

My photos and a map can be seen here: http://picasaweb.google.com/Bkfiybis/Pa ... da23Feb10#

Amazing. Another thing on my list of 'reasons to go back to Lanzarote again, and again, and again........'