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Corralejo on the northern tip of Fuerteventura ‘ s eastern side once was a small village inhabited by fishermen and their families . Regarding its current size and the wide range of possibilities for holidaymakers that the village has to offer today , it is hard to imagine that only around 200 people lived here in the 1950s .
As boring as this may sound as a historical aspect , there was a lot going on here in the 17th century . Naming it a fishing harbour - one can assume that pirates and smugglers ( some of whom probably lived here themselves ) were in charge at that time . Corralejo is close to the small island of Los Lobos and within sight of Lanzarote . Ideal conditions for the big game of hide and seek , even if the famous „ Jolly Roger “ wasn ‘ t flying over the masts . After all , it wasn ‘ t about gold and precious stones , but about grain and livestock , which mainly consisted of goats . The administration in La Oliva at the time was far away , so it was easy to avoid customs duties in Corralejo . Has anything from this period survived to the present day ? Of course ! The goat is the secret heraldic animal of Fuerteventura . Although ...
„ Divers would probably vehemently disagree ,“ says Kristof Callewaert , head of Punta Amanay Diving Centre . Born in Belgium , he speaks English and Spanish without an accent . And he is probably right : after all , the diversity of marine life off Corralejo is immense . Even large whale species pass by there . To experience some of the common fauna at the nearest dive site , Kristof and his companion Marco Leone barely have to travel 15 minutes out to sea from the marina in the centre ‘ s boats : El Bajon del Rio is considered by many divers to be THE top spot in the diving area in the north , but there are others in this category .
The squid , with its beautiful eyes , is one of the marine creatures that live constantly pretending to be some kind of innocent choir boy . However , the little robber is definitely not
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