Wonderful Socotra Memories
Socotra – Days full of wonders make this week feel like it was a month ! A fantastic itinery covering the Island from North to South and East to West, We traveled around Socotra with 3 cars and a most lovely “kitchen-crew” !
Socotra Landscapes
Crossing different landscapes, here and there tough off-road rides straight up. Furthermore down stony paths, we learn about healing plants, explore caves, follow the dolphins. In addition we swim in unreal natural pools, between Dragonblood Trees, Desert Roses, Cucumber Trees, Egyptian Vultures and goats. Particularly amazing to camp at abondant places. This were starry nights, bonfires at the beach and surprisingly every day a fresh fish on the dish !
Impressions on the way
While passing villages, we saw bedouins, waving children, women in black and colourful girls. There were boys playing football in the afternoon sun, newly built schools, colored Yemeni doors, forlorn Russian Tanks. Certainly the mix of Africa and Arabia, or beyond. An overall unique place, where the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean meet. Once-in-a-lifetime? I miss it already 😉
Our daily schedule
The daily schedule was a refreshing mix of a comfortable drive in the 4-wheel-cars. We had this amazingly patient driver who stopped whenever one of us shouted “Stop! Photo”! And solid walking / hiking as well as swimming in fresh water lagoons and turquoise seas. Sometimes we just watched a sunset on an empty, white beach. The landscape changed constantly. And it was so unreal to be in all these beautiful places. Be it the walk among all these dragon trees, the overnight camping stay on the whitest of all sand dunes or the gentle lunch. The cook prepared it next to a quiet lagoon in the soothing shade of date palms. For all our meals we were surrounded by these very polite, ever present Egyptian vultures. In any case they knew that they would share our meal in the end and we learned that it is also due to them and their “cleaning efforts” that the places we went to are so spick and span. (Thank you, vultures!)
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