The cave-dwelling Bollywood loving Bedouins of Diksam Plateau
Diksam Plateau was the reason why I visited the remote island of Socotra. It was home to the endemic blood […]
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
Hadibo and the ugly side of urbanization of remote tropical paradise
“You will be staying at the Taj of Socotra”, beamed my affable guide to me. We were out of the […]
Middle East, Outside India, Yemen
How I ended up on the Socotra island
I first came to know of the Socotra island when I was in school. A brilliant TV commercial featuring the […]
Middle East, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, Yemen
Memories of Socotra, one of the remotest travel destinations in the world
“It is not down in any map, True places never are” – Herman Melville. This is completely applicable to Socotra […]
Middle East, Outside India, Photo Essays, Travel Extras, Trip Photos, Yemen
Yemen crisis and memories of Old Sanaa
The attention span of humans is very short and the memory is even shorter. It has the wonderful capability of […]