Why this ride
It goes by way of Socotra b and back through Socotra b. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Socotra f and Sabunya · 330 km
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 216 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 09
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Socotra f
Socotra looks like a place assembled from another planet's spare parts. The island lies in the Arabian Sea, closer to the Horn of Africa than to mainland Yemen, and it has been isolated for so long that a large share of its plants exist nowhere else on earth. The most famous is the dragon's blood tree, a strange umbrella-shaped tree whose red resin has been traded since antiquity, and you will also find bottle trees with swollen trunks, frankincense trees and cucumber trees. The archipelago was listed by UNESCO in 2008.
Read the complete Socotra f write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Socotra f is where the day begins. Next is Socotra b.
2. Socotra b
Halfway along Socotra's north coast, between Hadibu and the fishing town of Qalansiya, the island shows its gentler face. The coastal plain is narrow here, a strip of pale sand and scrub squeezed between the sea and limestone plateaus that climb steeply inland, and the road runs along it for most of the way west. Both towns lie roughly thirty kilometres away in opposite directions, which makes the place a natural midpoint on the island's main east–west journey.
Read the complete Socotra b write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Socotra b comes up about 92 km into the recorded legs. Next is Sabunya.
3. back through Socotra b
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Socotra b write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Socotra b, late in the day. Next is Socotra f.
4. Socotra f
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Socotra f write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Socotra f. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Socotra f to Socotra b
Socotra f → Socotra b is 92 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Socotra b to back through Socotra b
Socotra b → back through Socotra b is 1 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Socotra b to Socotra f
back through Socotra b → Socotra f is 124 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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