by Calvin Sun | Nov 22, 2019 | November 2019: Socotra Island, Socotra Island, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, Yemen
I woke up the next morning at 5am to a lazy sunrise over the beach. After a perfunctory breakfast, about half the group set off for the steep, rocky, and arduous 2 hour hike up to Hoq’s Cave. This cave is one of the most important...
by Calvin Sun | Nov 19, 2019 | Camping, How Did You Do That?, How's the weather?, Lessons Learned, Mythbusters, November 2019: Socotra Island, Rules Are Meant To Be Broken, Socotra Island, Walking Tours, Way Way Off the Beaten Path, What Dreams May Come, Yemen
Special thanks goes to our Young Pioneer Tours guide Pier-André Doyon for the blogpost title. 240km east of the coast of Somalia and 380km south of the Arabian Peninsula lies a 132 km x 49.7km island called Socotra: a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to...