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| Our Bike Fridays fresh out of the suitcase, for a coastal test ride on the island of Socotra. |
Returning to Hadibo, Socotra's 'capital', before dusk. |
Giant sand dunes keep us silent company on the road back to Hadibo. |
We start our six days' loop around the island on a rare stretch of asphalt road, passing a rusted Russian tank and a
family of goats. |
End of the asphalt... and the end of the first day. Time to pitch our tent, with the western cape of Socotra in sight...
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| Gnarly rock outcrops along the northern coast of Socotra. |
To cross Socotra coast to coast, we push our bikes onto the Diksam plateau. Arabian Sea to Indian Ocean in just
one day. |
Stunning diversity of landscapes on the Diksam plateau. Umbrella-shaped Dragon's Blood trees symbolize the wealth
of endemic species on Socotra.
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What do you do on a Friday? Cruising on Socotra's southern plains, where tourist 4x4s never come... |
A faithful companion. One month biking on Yemen's challenging roads and not a single puncture. |
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| A faithful companion. One month biking on Yemen's challenging roads and not a single puncture. |
The unmistakable silhouettes of our Friday goats against the glow of Seyyun's most famous mud-brick palace.
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Kickin' it with Hadrami shepherdesses in their funky chapeaus on the road out of Shibam.
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Bike travelers are extremely rare in Yemen... a woman on a bike is sure to turn heads. |
Divine biking through papaya groves in Wadi Hadramawt, the longest dry river bed in the Arabian Peninsula.
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