Luggage and bags: large & small backpack
Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: stout hiking boots
raincoat
lots of longsleeved t-shirts
hat or headscarf
Toiletries and Medical Supplies: toilet paper
sunscreen !!!
malaria medicine (like Malarone) - just in case
Photo Equipment: lots of charged batteries (rare possibilities to recharge)
Camping/Beach/Outdoor Gear: waterproof/mosqito-proof tent
sandhooks
beachgear (preferably longer beach baggie trousers to avoid sunburn)
Miscellaneous: water
provisions (tuna, bread, salami etc.)
vitamin, calcium and magnesium tablets
Written Mar 30, 2008
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Socotra (Yemen) - a strange and blissful island !

Socotra Island is part of Yemen (a great destination in itself), but the friendly Socotri islanders have their own distinct heritage, part Yemeni, part African, part Portuguese, part whatever...
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Socotra Yemen -- some like it remote

Socotra is a very interesting place for VTers who are into geology. Socotra island is considered to be the most isolated chunks of a continent in the world, it is not a volcanic island or a mid ocean...
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I came to the island out of curiousity, and stayed because I thought this had to be one of the most incredible places on earth, and after three months here, I still feel the same. Being only one of......
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240 km off Cape Guardafui, the Easternmost point of the African continent. Largest island in Yemen and in the same-named archipelago, which also includes the smaller islands of Abd al Kuri and the...
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See My report about expedition

I have been there. I took part in archeological expedition http://www.marshruty.ru/Travels/Travel.aspx?TravelID=738df3d6-f708-4a0b-ae68-61bbe6aeac2e
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