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- 09 SepEdina in Amazing Places | 4 COMMENTS
Amazing Places: Socotra
Vegetation – ©jan_vandorpe/flickr
It’s incredible how many places get (re)discovered even today, thus becoming little by little known to traveler’s around the world. Some of these places have lain forgotten for decades, sometimes even centuries, without anyone but the locals paying any attention to them.
Such is the case of Socotra, a little island off the coast of the Indian Ocean, an offshore territory belonging to Yemen. Socotra is without a doubts one of the most amazing places on earth, similar to no other place on this planet. …
- 07 MayTudi in Amazing Places | 1 COMMENT
Amazing Earth: Socotra Island
As we presented you some of the wonders of Galapagos at the beginning of this week, today we will focus our attention on the Island of Scotora in the Indian Ocean. Our choice is by no means accidental: also known as the ‘Second Galapagos’, Socotra represents an out of this world territory.Situated midway between the African coast and the Arabian Peninsula, the island of Socotra is populated by the most amazing species, many of them endemic and forming unique ecosystems. Although the island is not so far form the African coast, the sea has represented an often unsurmountable barrier, thus leading to the apparition and evolution of unique species. …
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