'This is a forgotten island': The remote Yemeni territory that hopes to become an ecotourism hotspot
‘This is a forgotten island’: The remote Yemeni territory that hopes to become an ecotourism hotspot Arjun Neil Alim © Provided by The Independent From landing on a beach airstrip to the bumpy drive to a remote village, a 360m-climb in the blazing sun, and then the eerie blackness of a stalactite-filled cave with millennia-old etchings, our group’s overwhelming feeling to be on Socotra was one of privilege. The Hoq Cave yawned open, with its pitch-black interior stretching 3km deep into the summit of the mountain we had just climbed. Inside was evidence of what makes o...