I got some info on this island in a random email and then thought...this is perfect DS country! Soooo, does any one know anything about it? Have anyone been there? I am guessing it will be to expensive to get bikes there so it will probably never happen, but just maybe someone has done it?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socotra
Some more info:
The climate is harsh, hot, and dry, and yet - the most amazing plant life thrives there. Situated in the Indian Ocean 250 km (155 miles) east of Somalia and 340 km (212 miles) southeast of Yemen , the wide sandy beaches rise to limestone plateaus full of caves (some 7 kilometers
(4.4 miles in length) and mountains up to 1525 meters high (5007 feet).
Socotra is one of those "lost world" islands (separated from the world six million years ago) where intrepid travelers - particularly those seeking exotic nature and wildlife in a remote tropical setting - can go days on end without rubbing shoulders with that less-than-endangered species, tourists.
Known for decades as the Galapagos-of-the-Indian-Ocean, it's the world's tenth richest island for endemic plant species.
And the biggest island in the Middle East is 125 kilometers (78 miles)in length and 45 kilometers (28 miles) across.
Meanwhile the landscape is one of contrasts. For example, it has isolated nature preserves with dazzling wildlife (including 900 species of plants and the famous Dragon's Blood Tree (Dracaena Cinnabara) and the some of rarest birds that exist nowhere else in the world), and picturesque unspoiled sandy beaches.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socotra
Some more info:
The climate is harsh, hot, and dry, and yet - the most amazing plant life thrives there. Situated in the Indian Ocean 250 km (155 miles) east of Somalia and 340 km (212 miles) southeast of Yemen , the wide sandy beaches rise to limestone plateaus full of caves (some 7 kilometers
(4.4 miles in length) and mountains up to 1525 meters high (5007 feet).
Socotra is one of those "lost world" islands (separated from the world six million years ago) where intrepid travelers - particularly those seeking exotic nature and wildlife in a remote tropical setting - can go days on end without rubbing shoulders with that less-than-endangered species, tourists.
Known for decades as the Galapagos-of-the-Indian-Ocean, it's the world's tenth richest island for endemic plant species.
And the biggest island in the Middle East is 125 kilometers (78 miles)in length and 45 kilometers (28 miles) across.
Meanwhile the landscape is one of contrasts. For example, it has isolated nature preserves with dazzling wildlife (including 900 species of plants and the famous Dragon's Blood Tree (Dracaena Cinnabara) and the some of rarest birds that exist nowhere else in the world), and picturesque unspoiled sandy beaches.
