A tea in the desert
Wahiba Sands originally took its name from a tribe who lived here. Now renamed Sharqiya Sands, it’s a perfect specimen of sand sea – a small and isolated sand desert.
Category: Western Asia
The Alien Island
240 kilometers east of the coasts of Somalia, and 380 kilometers south of the Arabian Peninsula lies a small archipelago. Socotra (also spelled Soqotra), its largest island, is vastly uncontaminated thanks to the fact that it has been opened to tourism only recently. Being very isolated, Socotra has a…
The Alien Island
240 kilometers east of the coasts of Somalia, and 380 kilometers south of the Arabian Peninsula lies a small archipelago. Socotra (also spelled Soqotra), its largest island, is vastly uncontaminated thanks to the fact that it has been opened to tourism only recently. Being very isolated, Socotra has a…