Diodorus of Sicily a Greek historian and traveler one century BC, talked about the island Soqotra, -- “supplying the entire world with all sorts of aromatic and medicinal plants”. He also wrote about a Greek temple to of Jupiter constructed with the wealth of the trade in Incense and Dragons Blood and turtle shells the temple was in what is now Hadibo than the town was know as Panara Tamara and it was the main settlement even back than , which turns out to be the old name of Hadibo/ Hadiboh

The town of Hadibo lies is situated on a small plain on the north coast with beautiful and mountains on all the other sides. Hadibo has the Yemen mix of the decay and sprawl with the broken cars and unpaved roads and half finished houses.

I think there are about 10,000 people who live here -- I was told as few as 6,000 and as many as 35,000 or 40,000 but 10,000 looks about right. Stayed in the Summerland Hotel it was sparse but clean with running cold water. The view of the Haggier mountains the flowed into the clouds was a nice view and reminded me I was not here because I was looking for first class hotel to stay in.

Meander the street you hear a funny sounding language being spoken which is what most of the Socotrans speak it goes back about 4,000 years to when the first people settle here from the Kingdom of Sabea the place of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon time in the Bible . The language is Socotri and it is in the South Arabian language family.

The houses are mostly the wonderful old Yemeni mud brick style but lots of half finished cement houses going up. The Socotrans are friendly and kind very hospitable people.

The food at the restaurant at out hotel was very good fresh fish cooked in a clay Socotra n oven with local wood oh so tasty.