Socotra isn't an Atlantic island :) As I understand it did actually split from the african continent.

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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 :)

In my tourism group were 8 americans and 4 canadians. All lovely people :)

If it eases your mind, walking underneath these trees felt really relaxing :)

Sadly true. Our guide told us that the tree population basically halved in the last 150 years.

It's all a photoshoped illusion. ;)

Patience :)

As i understand now there a 3 weekly flights to Socotra. 2 from Abu Dhabi and 1 from Aden. I wouldnt dare to touch the Aden one though...

Thanks! A long exposure time plus strong high winds made the clouds really long and smooth.

Walking through the landscape of Socotra it really does feels like that.

Thanks!

Yeah, thats true. It surely wasn't 95% clouds, thankfully :)

Basically all the plants look weird because they need to resist strong winds in the summer months. I am gonna post more of those, I've got a few pics left in the pipeline :) Animal live was pretty standard, I've seen many endemic lizards. But they looked like ordinary lizards to me.

Thats exactly what our guide told my photo group :)

Thanks!

That sounds amazing!

Thanks! I'm gonna try that. I personally never played BOTW but I know its an awesome game. My GF really loved it.

Thankyfully I didn't come across one of those.

Its so funny to me, that these trees are in some ways related to Asparagus.

Yes, thats the craziest part and what finally pushed me to travel there.

I've bought some red resin of a few kids there. Gonna try to burn some :)

Sadly absolutly not. The goats are the biggest enemies of those trees and it shows. Walking and driving through Socotra I have seen only 2 "young" trees and a lot of young goats.

It's gonna take a few more editing sessions on my end but I'll post some close ups eventually :)

Please explain it to me. I am from Austria so english isn't my native language.