The most magical forest in Socotra On Socotra Island—the largest island in the remote Socotra Archipelago, often called the Galápagos of the Indian Ocean—the landscape shifts into something almost otherworldly when the bottle trees bloom. These extraordinary giants, Socotra’s desert rose trees, swell with water in their bulbous trunks, storing life through the island’s harsh seasons. And when the moment arrives, they unfurl clouds of pink blossoms, like delicate flowers already cradled in their