Amazing Places on earth that will leave speechless #3 Socotra
By: Lee

Amazing Places on earth that will leave speechless

#3 Socotra

Socotra  is an island and three islets in the Indian Ocean, an offshore territory of Yemen, near the "horn" of Somalia.  Due to its remarkable biodiversity, with over a third of the local plant species found nowhere else, Socotra has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With over 40,000 inhabitants, though, it's not just a nature reserve.

Socotra is considered the jewel of biodiversity in the Arabian Sea. One of the most striking of Socotra's plants is the dragon's blood tree  , which is a strange-looking, umbrella-shaped tree. Its red sap was the dragon's blood of the ancients, sought after as a medicine and a dye and today used as paint and varnish.