by Matthew Allison | Feb 22, 2024 | Caribbean, Bucket List Adventures, North America, Most Unique Travel Experiences
February 2024: For years I planned this moment out so that I would visit my last United Nations recognized country (197/197) so that I when I did the event would coincide with my 6-month-old daughter, Indie also visiting her 1st country. As an added bonus...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 1, 2023 | Asia, Haunted Places, Most Unique Travel Experiences
November 2023: I traveled to Northeast Kazakhstan for one week to feed my longing for all things of the Soviet Union era, which Kazakhstan was formerly a part of. I have a fascination for the cold war, its war of ideology, espionage, brutalist architecture and the...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 6, 2022 | Caves/Tunnels, Expeditions, Haunted Places, South America & Antarctica, Most Unique Travel Experiences, Rainforest, Tribes/Unique Cultures, Wildlife
November 2022: In early 2022, I first learned about the Cave of the Tayos when my brother, Jesse tagged me on a Facebook post from Outdoor Magazine with a message, “Let’s do this.”. According to the article, it is a cave not only full of tarantulas,...
by Matthew Allison | Aug 27, 2022 | Asia, Expeditions, Most Dangerous Encounters, Most Unique Travel Experiences, Tribes/Unique Cultures
August 2022: After decades of conflict that have seen the majority of Afghanistan unsafe for exploration, the country is now relatively secure for travel. The Taliban insurgents that I avoided during past visits to Afghanistan because they wanted to kill me were now...
by Matthew Allison | Jul 3, 2022 | North America, Most Unique Travel Experiences, Swimming with Marine Mammals/Creatures, Wildlife
About Beluga Whales in Churchill One of the main motivational factors of my travels is to travel to the places of the world where I can see my favorite wild animals. This usually takes me to some of the world’s most remote wilderness. This was also the case in...
by Matthew Allison | Apr 3, 2022 | Africa, Most Unique Travel Experiences, Tribes/Unique Cultures
April 2022: My wife, friend and I visited Angola as part of a multi-country trip across Africa. Angola was the last country we visited on this trip and the last country I needed to visit in order to accomplish my goal of visiting every country in continental Africa. ...