Unforgettable, beautiful Socotra! No words can really describe the profound experience that awaits you, when connecting with Socotras spectacular natural wonders, warm, hospitable people and colourful culture 💚 How can one describe the sensations and thoughts evoked in the connection with our planet in its most unspoiled, untouched and magnificent beauty and rawness, present in the white beaches, dunes and deserts, sapphireblue, starry nightskies with firetailed shootingstars; turquise seas and emerald wadis; majestic mountains, ancient and mystic dragonbloodtrees; friendly, pinkflowered bottletrees against the blueskies, dotted with elegantly floating egyptian vultures and black/orange starlings; camels moving slowly and gracefully along the way; children running towards you with big smiles and ‘Hello!’, ‘Where’ you from?!’; nightly bonfires, storytelling and delicious yemeni food. I was deeply touched and humbled in the meeting with all these wonders, and blessed to have this unique experience by the very warm, timely and professional support of Travelling Socotras amazing staff; the genuine friendlyness, openess, humour and professionalism of Abdul, Heni, Salem and the full crew of our tour will always be remembered 💪🏽🎶🤠💞, thanks for making the whole trip so utterly enjoyable, fun and interesting, setting up the beautiful camp every night and preparing and serving delicious food; special thanks to Salem, our chef, who taught us to make Ba khamri (delicious yemeni bread); this delicasse will be highly promoted in Denmark!, special thanks to Heni for fun/‘mangaina’ and very proff driving of the spacious 4x4 in places I would have thought impassable, always with a smile and laugh - and for playing Tejbaanet (yemeni stickgame) with us at night😅, and last but not least special thanks to Abdul, who in the most friendly manner shared his extensive knowlegde about Socotra with us and introduce us to great yemeni music, modern and traditional; Shkur bene 💚 I enjoyed the full trip immensely, including the collecting of plastic on the last day, when 6 large bags of plasticwaste was removed from the beach, and we felt we gave back just a tiny-little bit of what this majestic island gave to us ❤️ The safe and pretty convinient frame of this adventure was set already before departure by the help of Johan and Ellemieke, who would answer any question within a few hours via Whatsapp, and the convinient online-paymentsystem, which made it possible to pay for the whole trip online without the hazzles of dealing with cash. And finally, the option of choosing the luxurytent must be mentioned as one unique and worth-every-penny experience; wow, what comfort and beauty it was, to rest in the middle of nature in this Rolls Royce of tents 🎪☺️ My most sincere recommendations goes out to this company; I would not hesitate to make another journey with Travelling Socotra, and hope to get the opportunity again some day, InshaAllah🙏💚
