Michael Hart

Qalansiyah is the kind of place that doesn’t announce itself. No dramatic arrival moment, no sign saying you’ve reached something important. The road from Hadibu just keeps going — long, pale stretches of dry coastal ground, bits of stone, wind…

Hadibu is almost never the reason people come to Socotra — and yet nearly every trip across the island passes through it. After hours of driving across dry plateaus, coastal plains or rough mountain roads, the town appears along the…