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Excerpt from my Socotra travel diary during the Yemen war

20.1.16 Hadibo 1800 Hrs I am back in Hadibo and my body has given up. I had never thought that […]

April 24, 2020

My last few days in Socotra Yemen were spent holed up in my Taj Socotra Hotel room. I alternated between […]

April 23, 2020

I left Qalanciya with a heavy heart. Our destination was the Moumi Plateau. Qalanciya was such a perfect place. We […]

April 22, 2020

Abdullah’s cave in Qalanciya was something out of Arabian Nights and I marveled at his incredible local life. Remnants of […]

April 21, 2020

The amber hunter of Detwa Lagoon! My Qalanciya days can be broadly divided into two parts: the unbelievable beauty of […]

April 20, 2020

We left Omak in a cloud of dust, bumped over the edgy road, and rattled our bones towards Qadama till […]

April 19, 2020

By the time we reached Omak, a violet twilight sky deepened into luxuriant purple and gold. The sun set most […]

April 18, 2020

Ever looked at soft undulating mounds, hills, and dunes and had the immense urge to roll down them? I love […]

April 17, 2020

Our next stop after the beautiful Wadi Dirhur canyon was the massive Dogub cave. It was a couple of hours’ […]

April 16, 2020

Wadi Dirhur was a strange-looking peaceful place. We reached there by driving along Socotra’s only road through the Diksam Plateau […]

April 15, 2020