The four islands group of Socotra are located around 217 nautical miles off the Yemeni coast and approximately 130 off the coast of Somalia. This well kept Yeme...
My last few days in Socotra Yemen were spent holed up in my Taj Socotra Hotel room. I alternated between feeling horribly sick and homesick. The fever, which st...
I left Qalanciya with a heavy heart. Our destination was the Moumi Plateau. Qalanciya was such a perfect place. We drive towards Hadibo again. Homhil, Di Hamri,...
The amber hunter of Detwa Lagoon! My Qalanciya days can be broadly divided into two parts: the unbelievable beauty of the place and the unimaginable warmth of t...
We left Omak in a cloud of dust, bumped over the edgy road, and rattled our bones towards Qadama till they felt brittle. Nogid was having a blazing hot day and ...
Our next stop after the beautiful Wadi Dirhur canyon was the massive Dogub cave. It was a couple of hours' drive away from the canyon and we started early befor...
Wadi Dirhur was a strange-looking peaceful place. We reached there by driving along Socotra's only road through the Diksam Plateau and it was wonderfully empty ...
"You will be staying at the Taj of Socotra", beamed my affable guide to me. We were out of the tiny airport and driving towards Hadibo, the main town of the isl...
I first came to know of the Socotra island when I was in school. A brilliant TV commercial featuring the magnificent blood dragon tree, which is found only in S...
"It is not down in any map, True places never are" - Herman Melville. This is completely applicable to Socotra Island. It is one of the most fascinating destina...
