Socotra in Photos Updated March 2025, Socotra in Photos was originally written in October 2018 Rightly nicknamed ‘The Most Alien-Looking Place On Earth”, Yemen’s Socotra Island has bewildered and beguiled travelers and traders for over two millennia. Continue on to see Socotra in photos. Need Travel Insurance and Evacuation Services for Socotra? Start shopping for travel […]
A Guide To Traveling In South Yemen Updated February 2025, A Guide To Traveling In South Yemen was originally published in June 2020 As you likely already know, Yemen has been embroiled in a bloody civil war, often cited as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, since 2015. Tourist numbers had been long dwindling in
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Socotra Packing List & Prep Guide Updated January 2025, The Socotra Packing List & Prep Guide was originally written in July 2019 So you’re thinking about visiting Socotra? Socotra will undoubtedly be one of your most memorable travels with ecological diversity and unusual plant life, friendly Socotris inviting you into their homes, epic trekking, some of
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Can You Still Go To Socotra? Updated January 2025, Can You Still Go To Socotra was originally written in July 2017 In short? Yes, but it’s not that easy… Let me just start off by saying- I was privileged to visit a small bit of mainland Yemen and the otherworldly island of Socotra back in 2014
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Wadi Hadhramaut Travel Guide, Yemen Updated January 2025, Wadi Hadhramaut Travel Guide, Yemen was originally published in June 2020 Hadhramaut is Yemen’s largest governorate, home to the massive Wadi Hadhramaut that is home to countless wadis extending off of it, the world’s finest honey, the first mud skyscrapers in Shibam, a historic Sufi center of learning…
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Haid al Jazil: Central Yemen’s Most Beautiful Village Updated January 2025, Haid al Jazil: Central Yemen’s Most Beautiful Village was originally published in May 2020 Rising from a date palm oasis in a deep wadi that cuts deep into the Earth’s crust in Yemen’s Wadi Hadhramaut region, the village of Haid al Jazil is something
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How to get a Visa for Socotra (Yemen) Updated January 2025, How to get a Socotra Visa (Yemen) was originally written in June 2019 Socotra has been extremely difficult to visit in the last few years due to the ongoing war taking place in the mainland of Yemen. In late 2018 Yemenia Airways announced they would
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A Journey Through Wadi Daw’an, Yemen Updated January 2025, A Journey Through Wadi Daw’an, Yemen was originally published in May 2020 Traveling through Central Yemen’s Wadi Daw’an was a definite highlight of our adventure that took us through the Governorates of Al Mahrah and Hadhramaut. The trip started by crossing the Oman-Yemen border near Surfeet, continuing
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Visiting the Outer Islands of the Socotra Archipelago Updated January 2025, Visiting the Outer Islands of the Socotra Archipelago was originally published in July 2022 After all these years of going back to Socotra, I finally made it to the outer islands of the Socotra Archipelago this past March. Reaching the Socotra outer islands is
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The Mud Skyscrapers Of Shibam: The Manhattan Of The Desert Updated December 2024, The Mud Skyscrapers Of Shibam: The Manhattan Of The Desert was originally published in May 2020 I had thought that watching the sunset from a nearby lookout as the Maghrib call to prayer ring out over Wadi Hadhramaut would be the ultimate
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