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Antique-Presence-817 t1_jbo3feb wrote

wow i always wanted to go to socotra. how did you get over there right now when the country is being bombed by the saudis using banned american cluster munitions?

you could have just gone to the canary islands, they have these trees there too

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sebikern_photography OP t1_jbocdrj wrote

Socotra is pretty far away from Yemen and it hasnt been attack in the recent years. I flew from Abu Dhabi, we made a big turn to avoid Yemen mainland. There are alot of tourists (~6000 every year, I know thats not alot but in the context of Socotra it is) I wasnt visitjng Socotra just for Dragonblood trees, the island has way more to offer :)

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thanatossassin t1_jboqebw wrote

I've been wanting to travel to Socotra for years! Before, Yemen was the only way to travel, so glad to hear there are more options now. Are you sharing any more images anywhere?

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sebikern_photography OP t1_jbp36fm wrote

I am currently sharing a picture a day on instagram. I try to do the same on reddit, but I'll surely miss a few days. After I am done with all my editing (200GB of RAW data) I'll post a summary of my best pictures on my website.

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Antique-Presence-817 t1_jbox6ql wrote

this must have been a while ago because there are currently no international flights to yemen ... what airline did you take? not yemenia..?

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sebikern_photography OP t1_jbp3fdo wrote

As i understand, 2 weekly flights from Abu Dhabi (Air Arabia) and a weekly flight from Aden. The Abu flights arent publicly viewable. You need a Socotrian organisation to book them for you. Edit: This picture is 2 weeks old, so pretty fresh :)

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Antique-Presence-817 t1_jbpbck5 wrote

wow interesting, good job making it there right now, seems to have been a challenge! it must have been super expensive??

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