"Socotra before the tourists came"

This video shows Socotra in the years before the Island became a tourist destination. There were no roads, no electricity, no running water, certainly no airport. Life was much harder and more primitive than it is now. I returned to Socotra in 2002 and 2003. My return to Socotra Island in 2002 after 47 years.    • Return to Socotra   My final visit to Socotra Island in 2003    • No Stone Unturned   My other Youtube videos. My flight in a Spitfire.    • I flew a spitfire   Comparing the Hex beam to a TGM beam    • Hex_v_TGM   "Hymn to the Fallen" by my father Henry Murgatroyd Farrar    • "Hymn to the Fallen" by Harry Farrar   My father, founder and conductor of the Penzance Girls Choir. A BBC recording in circa 1954    • If my songs were only winged   Operating my special callsign, GB9NHS, for the NHS.    • GB9NHS on the air