Socotra Travel Guide Updated April 2024, The Socotra Travel Guide was originally written in May 2019 After several years of being nearly cut off from the outside world, Socotra is finally opening back up to tourism again. In this Socotra Travel Guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know to visit the mysterious island coined […]
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Crossing The Yemen-Oman Border Updated April 2024, Crossing the Yemen-Oman Border was originally written in April 2020 It’s possible to travel in South Yemen (confusing as geographically speaking, it appears to be the eastern half of the country on a map… but that’s a discussion for a different post), with the help of a local
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Visiting Sana’a Yemen, A Travel Diary Updated April 2024, Visiting Sana’a, Yemen, A Travel Diary was originally written in September 2015 It was early in the morning, January 31st, 2014. I sat at my gate at the Dubai Airport in my long black dress and hijab, with my hands slightly shaking, clammy, and clutching my boarding
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Exploring The Sufi Crossroads In Tarim, Yemen Updated April 2024, Exploring The Sufi Crossroads In Tarim, Yemen was originally published in April 2020 After spending a few days traveling across the Al Mahrah Governorate and camping under the stars with camels and Mahri Bedouins in the Yemeni Empty Quarter, we continued our journey east to Wadi Hadhramaut. After waking
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Everything You Need To Know About Yemen Travel Updated March 2024, Everything You Need To Know About Yemen Travel was originally written in December 2019 I’m just going to preface this with Yemen isn’t a safe destination to visit. This guide isn’t intended for travelers that want to waltz on in on their own and don’t
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10 Days in Socotra: The Most Alien Looking Place on Earth Updated March 2024, 10 Days In Socotra was originally written in June 2017 The island you have to see to believe, an island like nowhere else. This is Socotra Socotra is an out-of-this-world island sitting within the four-island Socotra Archipelago in the Arabian Sea. The island
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How to get to Socotra Updated March 2024, How to get to Socotra was originally written in May 2019 Likely, the most asked question I receive from readers or people on social media is, “how do I get to Socotra?“. Since 2019, I have been taking groups to explore Socotra alongside a local operator. I first
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Camping Under The Stars In The Yemeni Empty Quarter Updated March 2024, Camping Under The Stars In The Yemeni Empty Quarter was originally written in April 2020 On my return to Yemen, we made the decision to do something a little different, as if traveling in Yemen wasn’t obtuse enough. Rather than take the coastal road
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A Journey Through Yemen’s Al Mahrah Region Updated February 2024, A Journey Through Yemen’s Al Mahrah Region was originally published in June 2020 Al Mahrah is Yemen’s easternmost governorate, butting up to Oman and Saudi Arabia, and encompassing a large swath of Yemen’s Rub al Khali, or Empty Quarter. The Al Mahrah region is still very
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Where The Wild Things Grow: Socotra’s Firhmin Forest Updated January 2024, Where The Wild Things Grow: Socotra’s Firhmin Forest was originally published in August 2020 Socotra Island’s Firhmin Forest is the home to the highest concentration of the endemic Dragon Blood Trees on the island, and therefore, the world. Sat across Wadi Dihur from the
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