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The map below shows the areas that we explored on this day.<\/h4>\n

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We boarded the direct Air Arabia flight to Socotra from Abu Dhabi at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, 18 April 2022. There is only one flight per week, going to and from the destination. Most visitors come for only one week, but we decided to stay for two weeks. This allowed us to explore Socotra at our leisure, and we had ample time to enjoy each of its beautiful sites fully.<\/p>\n

The flight is \u00b1 1.5 hours. The airport on Socotra is tiny. Looks more like a bus terminal. There is only one luggage carousel, which is approximately 10 meters long, so finding your bags was easy. Everything arrived in good shape. Our trek organizer, Adnan, was waiting for us. After a \u00b1 20-minute ride, we arrived at our first hotel in Hadiboh. It seemed like the city was mostly under construction, and the streets were pretty much deserted. There were very few people on the roads, and almost everything appeared to be closed. It was a cloudy but hot day. The hotel we arrived at can be rated as one star (on a good day), which was somewhat expected. However, people were friendly and tried very hard to accommodate our needs, such as changing our room to one that had running water. There was no WiFi, and the tiny TV did not work, which was great because we wanted to be off the grid. Water in the straightforward shower (with only one tap working) is hot during the day, as the tank is located on the hotel's roof.<\/p>\n

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