Socotra - Isle of the Dragonsblood

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Socotra is a small Yemeni island, off the southern coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
After many years of wanting to visit, I made it in February 2010. It was incredible to say the least - it's the most mystical, beautiful and diverse place i've visited so far, and had a deep, profound impact on me.
To share some of this experience, here's a video of my time there. I'll also be releasing a book of photographs and stories - stay tuned for details.
Many thanks to Tom Sharman for editing and colour correction.
Music:
Please support the music in this video - both artists write incredible music which was my companion for the bulk of this trip:
Vibrasphere - Tierra Azul, Digital Structures, 2006
Vibrasphere - Manzanilla, Digital Structures, 2003
Solar Fields - Patterns, Ultimae Records, 2009
Thanks for watching, and don't forget to leave a comment :)

[@teiak509]

This is my homeland . So proud of being Yemeni !!!

[@ghanemalhameli9687]

كفو

[@yeshurunbentzion7267]

circulado +COMPLETE IDIOT!

[@chris3521]

@@harundaddy Keep dreaming idiot

[@Itsme-um3vj]

@@harundaddy You came to it as African refugees

[@TheReal_Man]

This is not your homeland but is my really my motherland somalia socotrra island

[@dr.stevenlau684]

Just by watching it, I already bow down and praise the Lord. What a beautiful world He made. Thank you for sharing.

[@azadam1000]

Dr.Steven Lau Best comment I have read . God bless you

[@MegaFLYCATCHER]

Proud to say this is my country. Please come and enjoy this beautiful island. The people are so friendly and welcoming.

[@cashmeoutsidehowboutdat4406]

MegaFLYCATCHER im proud of my country to brother im from sanna

[@salsabilabawazir9441]

MegaFLYCATCHER is it possible to travel here with the chaos happening in mainland Yemen?

[@mohammedali3194]

Somali Nat So - Shut up you hooligan, this island is yemen and will never belong to somalia

[@desireboy34]

But stupid Emirates telling we will take socotra they are right now Near airport of socotra

[@abdulhadiaref8982]

desireboy34 no socotra forom s yemen

[@TheRwellwood]

I was on Socotra (or Suqotra to some) a few years ago. I also had a profound experience on the island. I consider myself very very lucky to have had the opportunity to see that magical place (I was working on the mainland teaching English). I left with a full heart. Thank you for making this video, I watch it every once in a while and it takes me back!

[@z__Yemeni__z]

Greetings from Yemen, thank you to everyone who helped in this video, contributed to this video, and commented on this video. Thank you very much and best wishes to you🙏⁦🇾🇪⁩👏

[@marioncheek]

I grew up on an Island - though I miss my island walks & bike rides, it brought back great memories... Thanks once more!

[@Rw459bn]

Beautiful, I didn't know that there was such a place. It's absolutely magic, thanks to all concerned.

[@wezon.c0mvevo762]

Of Yemen

[@TheReal_Man]

This is somalia islands so you must know old bitch damn

[@AkramAli-qd5fi]

Abdikani Axmedeey LMFO😆😆😆😆😆😆😂😂😂😂

[@moealanefy3193]

My beautiful country Yemen . Thank God that i am Yemeni

[@harundaddy]

it belongs to Somalia

[@TIJAABISTV]

+Habar Gidir yes that is true it belongs to somalia and we will take it back insha Allah,.

[@harundaddy]

reer waka wataa abdikadir 💪💪💪

[@Noone-sd4kr]

It belongs to us...... Somaliaaa

[@Tech-_-talk]

+Farduus Ahmed don't cry bro yemen and Somalia are brothers 😊

[@maryemmons3362]

I certainly can understand why this would have place would have had a profound effect on you. Thank you for sharing your experience.

[@zeinainjalut7687]

@Mary Emmons You ever visit socotra island?

[@kristoferwilliams89]

This is amazing! The landscape is just magnificent! What I find most interesting about this besides the landscape besides the fact that it is wonderful: for one, it seems so peaceful and two, there seems to be no pollution! What a wonderful place! Oh yeah, two thumbs up to the music on this video clip!!!

[@al_quran_share]

i'm Proud To Be From Yemen 💚💓💕

[@al_quran_share]

@Nusaibah Mohudin Mohamed do you can say? ( Keek ) underwater تعرف تقول قيق وانت تحت الماء

[@merouqui]

I'm in love, incredible place. Thank you, it was a beautiful experience, good work.

[@smooneycom]

ان شاء الله اروح لها مره تجنن😭🌸..

[@mohammedhijazi2267]

سوسو الشهري اهلا وسهلا فيك

[@gamalat122]

كيفك ياسوسو....وحشتينا....تعالي الى عندي انا بدل الجزيره المعفنه

[@e.m.r6177]

All I can think of when I see this is that this perfect place will be nothing compared to paradise. I'm not trying to turn this into a religious debate... Beautiful!

[@francalucarelli8120]

Tempo fa ho letto un messaggio su Maria Santissima e diceva in un rigo.....Rimpiangerete ISOCOTRA figli Miei.ED E' Arrivato il Momento.🦋🌹🌴💐Grazie per questo bellissimo video sarebbe stato nei miei Sogni MERAVIGLIOSO.

[@hassanh2h539]

It's the most beautiful and strangest place in the world either from Yemen when I see it on my cry stored the InshaAllah Lord returns Yemen back where I live and I spend my days in the most beautiful Delirious Al Jazeera

[@samiee32]

i went to Yemen last year it's a beautiful country and the people so friendly will go there again for sure

[@SD-cu5qg]

Thank you very much . This video is wonderful and very interesting. Socotra Yemenis island amazing. Thank you from Yemen to show this video about Yemen .💗💓💖💝💖💗💓🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪

[@al_quran_share]

My home YEMEN 🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾

[@AlisPoletto]

In ogni fotogramma rivivo i miei 22 giorni trascorsi a Socotra. Riconosco i luoghi come fossi un residente. Una delle esperienze più belle della mia vita. Grazie per farmele rivivere

[@greencatbeauty963]

One of my favourite KZbin videos - I dream of going to Socotra one day. Thank you for capturing the subject so beautifully and sharing.

[@kyylaajbyran5397]

Nature... all it's beauty we may have never seen (but envision hopefully). Thank you so much for bringing it to us.. Awesome even the gift of the sounds of water! Absolutely AWSOME!

[@mohammedabobakr6549]

wish if i can slam he like button like a thousand times Really Peter Thank you from all of my heart thank you for showing the world this heaven

[@LHMusic.]

amazing

[@MysteryWorld55]

Check out my socotra video please Follow me i always follow back ❤️❤️

[@MysteryWorld55]

@Nusaibah Mohudin Mohamed wtf are dumb or uneducated, soctora island is in yemen

[@MysteryWorld55]

@Nusaibah Mohudin Mohamed loooool no mate go educate yourself

[@nomadpaws8443]

Thanks for sharing your work. Amazing Place! Beautiful! Excellent Work!

[@skyrimmaster5346]

It all beautiful. Over 300 different plants. Even the animals look different

[@decoysk]

beautiful country ! you are lucky to live there !

[@adeni4359]

I hope the war will stop and then we will go there!!!

[@gosym7207]

Yeah

[@gosym7207]

Aden is beautiful too

[@gosym7207]

mohammed alsuraimi doesn't matter where u from north south east or west at the end we all Yemenis

[@phonegamer4467]

Adeni I love south yemen is the Ritsh cantry in the madcel

[@magaman5154]

Adeni communist?

[@ariffnassa6469]

Looks marvellous... can't wait to visit this year.

[@ofn8bs2n]

How did it go?

[@cadamiismail8227]

actually am from one island near to this one and am proud tobe somalian soctrian. we speak somali and socatrik language and also arabic hope we'll be party of our country coz those yamenian gover they forgot about us and this time somalia come back so all the somalian ppl proud to socatra.

[@noorsamaale939]

Cadami ismail why don't you take DNA then you will known if they are Arab or somali the people who are originally live there . my great grand father used to live there and today yemens island .

[@guleet75]

noor samaale Actually there DNA is Arabic 77% J1 !

[@Chromirage]

I really would love to go there. Live there if I could. It's on my bucket list for sure.

[@AemadsVids]

Yemen 🇾🇪 is Beautiful mashallah ❤️

[@gamalat122]

It is not Yemen asshole

[@haithamalsuaibe473]

W B90 is you fuck nut

[@graceshantif8229]

Thank you to ALL involved in this exquisitely presented piece. What a place - the people - the landscape the mystical unique fauna and flora. I WANT TO GO THERE :-) Bless you for capturing some its Essence here

[@miltycollazo4223]

Thank you. What wonderful images of the world with which we have been endowed.

[@IqbalKhan-qs8zm]

I have an utmost desire to visit and see the Sukotra Island, especially it's amazing trees.

[@ari__rauf]

my great grandfather from yemen..i hope someday i will go there and visit socotra!!!

[@MustafaAlFalahi]

i was there one week ago it's really coooool

[@AAAA-cf7ch]

How can Saudis get there? It is a very inspiring place and it is a good idea to have a vacation there.

[@Bemie]

SubhanaAllah. beautiful....

[@mariabalsas]

Lo mejor que he visto hace mucho tiempo de documentales .ha sido precioso enhorabuena por tu trabajo

[@nuvolacheride]

I leave my heart and my belly and also my eyes in Soqotra .... Thanks for your video.

[@toyemen]

Words are not enough to express thanks for this wonderful work, Thank you so much Peter.

[@MrGiuseppesalento]

i think that Socotra Island is the most magical place in the world...a day i'll go with my son...

[@freddigrant6530]

Wow!!! Absolutely lovely job on this video! I'm putting this place on my bucket list of places to shoot.❤

[@jameslynch4472]

Awesome, and great job with the music selection to accompany the sounds of nature!

[@slowyne1on1]

I will visit this place someday. Simply Amazing

[@MrFarouqIBRAHIM]

Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful.. I cannot say but it is overwhelming shots and clips for the Yemeni unique island Socotra. Thanks for this great job Regards from Aden, Yemen Farouq

[@AliA7983]

My Home YEMEN SOCOTRA ISLAND

[@AliA7983]

***** Not Really... I would LOVE Each Person To Be Blessed Not just ME.

[@gagsjjmomom9014]

Its belongs to somalia it will soon be taken

[@AliA7983]

ayanle thunder You must be Somalian?

[@gagsjjmomom9014]

Yes :)

[@cadamiismail8227]

for only centuries what about the day our god make it and somalian ppl every one knew when socatra become party in yemen , if you don't know i will tell u (1893) the collonazation time so before that time it was with us and all the ppl was somalian so day by day yemenian are coming and married our girl our our boys are marring yamenian girls and somali ethnic were disappointed

[@Bigdawg997]

what a brilliant video that is! it shows how beautifully it is, thank you so much for uploading it, loved it!

[@zakaryaalsalahi5429]

That was an art man, absolutely stunning. Enjoyed every second of the video. Best of luck

[@zelez4ever]

wow,all i have to say is wow, is fantastic, pure ,wild and beautiful

[@DeanyaLattimoreSchempp]

A real treat. Thank you!

[@littlespongefond]

i just looked this island up on googlemaps and then saw your video here, i wanna go there now! your videos is very nice! it made me goosebumbs! wow! you, sir, rock!

[@cheppiroma4607]

cool, it makes me really wanted to go there... beautiful shoot...

[@deanmohamed795]

This island should be re-named as "The island of Eden" .... a true piece of heaven on earth. Extremely unique, isolated, peaceful and above all... beautiful at its own way. Wish I can be there to see it one day

[@deanmohamed795]

@Nusaibah Mohudin Mohamed dalam mimpi ko sana... palui

[@deanmohamed795]

@Nusaibah Mohudin Mohamed banggang ko sia...

[@rucheljamesolamin5303]

I felt like the one made the video had give me a coll tour to this island. thanks

[@KultureKlash121]

WOW great video! This is photography at it's best! Good job!

[@melba.m.octavo3363]

Absolutamente hermosa!!! bella, increíble, majestuosa.

[@Dvorkin82]

Solar Fields fit this images so good as it can. Thank you for amazing video.

[@deborahmcwhae1512]

Amazing place, would love to visit one day. Thank you for sharing!!!!!

[@elleanore18]

what kind of camera you use to get this breath taking view?? it was superb... through this video i dont need to save a lot of money just to see the beauty of yemen country has to offer..maybe if i won the lottery i'll bring my family or even loved ones to see GOD'$ creation... more videos to come... GOD BLESS

[@mariadelrosariojovenpatino4453]

Bello, paraíso. Hermoso. Lindo.👼💞👼

[@markkiz2304]

I have decided that will be there someday, and it will be soon!! Lovely place.

[@leonardaarcidiacono7567]

Amazing film, well captured!!

[@waddah349]

Thank you so much Mr. Peter for this video ... am Yemeni ... Socotra is apart of Mahara ... people in Mahara & Socotra have very old language.

[@jpetro99]

I literally think of this place every day!

[@Tech-_-talk]

you welcome 😊

[@LondonPower]

Periplus of the Erythraean Sea mid-1st century BC " Opposite this cape horn in somalia , well out at sea, there is an island, lying between it and the Cape of Spices opposite, but nearer Syagrus: it is called Dioscorida (socotra), and is very large but desert and marshy, having rivers in it and crocodiles and many snakes and great lizards, of which the flesh is eaten and the fat melted and used instead of olive oil. The island yields no fruit, neither vine nor grain. The inhabitants are few and they live on the coast toward the north, which from this side faces the continent. They are foreigners, a mixture of Arabs and Indians and Greeks, who have emigrated to carry on trade there. The island produces the true sea-tortoise, and the land-tortoise, and the white tortoise which is very numerous and preferred for its large shells; and the mountain-tortoise, which is largest of all and has the thickest shell; of which the worthless specimens cannot be cut apart on the under side, because they are even too hard; but those of value are cut apart and the shells made whole into caskets and small plates and cake-dishes and that sort of ware. There is also produced in this island cinnabar, that called Indian, which is collected in drops from the trees" (chap. 30 )

[@kippersaki69]

well done. I enjoyed.

[@Irfanahmadsial933]

very beautiful place to visit

[@MIDKNIGHTMOODZ]

Awesome filming and what a beautiful Country/Island!! Maybe I'll get a chance to visit one day.

[@dyanaldyani722]

My country " South YEMEN " I LOVE YOU ❤️ I LOVE SOCOTRA ISLAND ❤️

[@Safwangaza]

لا جنوب ولا شمال الجزيزه حق الصومال

[@وحشجنوب-ه2ض]

+Safwan Gazali اي صومال يا

[@وحشجنوب-ه2ض]

***** تكلم عربي بارك الله فيك جزيرة سقطرى منذ الالاف السنين لم تكن تابعه له لليمن ولم نسمع يوم حد قال تابعه لصومال في الاخير تحياتي لك ايذا حاب تزورها هي بجنبك بس انتبها تراها ارض جيرانك وراض غيرك

[@Tech-_-talk]

+Safwan Gazali آللهم لا حسد 😜

[@ogadenbarawajecliya9128]

+ash bah somalis and yemenis arenot same they speak arabic we speak somali

[@1982crw]

What a beautiful place. Nature is amazing

[@habibijaan2828]

Beautiful place sacatra of Yemeni Ireland. ..😚😚

[@mooriginal]

Excellent editing and we'll put together not to mention some great images

[@basherjama8095]

Everything blows to God thank you God to remember everyday

[@tiamassie4535]

Beautiful - Thank you

[@akakaitokid4life]

Wow! I missed it. I was in Aden for six months, it's like two hours away. Amazing video though.

[@doriajohnson4550]

what an amazing place. great video really enjoyed it.

[@vegayessi]

Que lindo!! me encanto, me gustaria ir algun dia :)

[@ابوردادالبريهيالبريهي]

God Save Yemen, this is some of the Yemeni island of Socotra

[@efloop]

fantastic! the place, the video, and the choice of music of course :))

[@tokingful]

so beautiful place with a great video :) very nice! keep posting and thank you so much for sharing :)

[@thesun]

Hi Peter. Hope you're well. Would it be OK to use this video with a credit?

[@PeterFranc1]

Sure thing

[@MegaFLYCATCHER]

Hi peter, did anyone stop you for speeding lol. thanks for posting.

[@ap6471]

The sun sucks Johny Dips c***

[@billwhite9703]

Great video, excellent music and a beautiful subject.

[@ander511]

It's the best thing, that I had seen

Congratulations on a sensational video. In March, two weeks I'm going to tour this beautiful island photographer, with an EOS 7D.

[@pureherbal8744]

Very beautiful place Masha Allah hope there is peace. love the people of Yemen my brothers

[@Moon2Night]

Нереальная красота ! ) It's Amazing, good job! full relax ;D

[@jriead]

incredible footage quality and editing man

[@thesecondkate]

Wow! I'd like to go here someday!! :D This looks amazing! What a lovely video, thank you! :)

[@HabitualEcstasy]

Great Video Great music, I love Vibrasphere.

[@Mcgareydude]

MashaALLAH its very beautiful. Thanks for posting such a video.

[@Londonerizee]

So amazed by this video, so heartbroken this island rightfully belonged to somalia, when yemen took it. Sigh.. guess right things will always surface and we will get our land back.

[@احمدالعوبثاني-م5ش]

لم يكن هناك دوله الصومال عندما كانت سقطره في عهد المملكه حضرموت

[@beckybrady5668]

It was named due to the red sap it produces. The resin has had many different uses since ancient times, including to dye,decoration,varnish,plaster,rituals and medicinal purposes. :)

[@ofyciethe8545]

thnx brother for the video i appreciate your work

[@licapies]

Ver esto motiva a soñar con estar ahí. Soy de Perú y quisiera saber cómo llegaste ahí, de qué lugar geográfico partiste, si no fuera mucha molestia :D This motivates View dream to be there. I'm from Peru and wanted to know how it got there , what geographic location you left please!

[@volna707]

Спасибо за чудесные минуты отдыха.

[@shivandana]

Truly amazing place, would love to visit someday.. Hopefully when the Saudi aggression is over.

[@MarkBH70]

Excellent! Excellent filming too!

[@grazihaddad]

wow!! beautiful place .. amazing video !!

[@corremelapajaahora]

a joint on this island would be the best thing on earth :)