by Matthew Allison | Feb 20, 2024 | Hiking Trips, Rainforest
February 2024: As part of a two-week trip to visit my last countries of the world 197/197, my nephew Dylan, friends Jimmie, Wes and I spent two nights in Saint Lucia with the main purpose to go canyoneering in the Holy Grail Canyon in the lush rainforests of northern...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 6, 2022 | Caves/Tunnels, Expeditions, Haunted Places, Most Unique Travel Experiences, South America & Antarctica, 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 | Apr 18, 2022 | Africa, Rainforest, Tribes/Unique Cultures
March 2022: As part of multi-country African trip, my wife, friend and I visited Burundi. It was the last country in the region that I had not visited and even though I was miles from the border in Rwanda years earlier I did not visit. The country had for years been...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 7, 2022 | South America & Antarctica, Rainforest
January 2022: Suriname is a fascinating country that I promise you most people have never heard of. I discovered this when waiting at the airport gate to board my plane as one person after another walked by, stopped to stare, and asked aloud, where is Suriname?...
by Matthew Allison | May 23, 2021 | Africa, Expeditions, Hiking Trips, Most Unique Travel Experiences, Rainforest, Tribes/Unique Cultures, Wildlife, Weird Travel
Searching for a Dinosaur Named Mokele Mbembe in the Central African Forests of Lac Tele-Republic of Congo May 2021: I have always been fascinated with Central Africa’s vast, ancient forests that are shrouded in mystery with tribes that continue to believe in...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 1, 2019 | Africa, Rainforest, Wildlife
November 2019: With only 5 days in Cote d’ivoire I wanted to visit the wildest part of the country and the most ecological significant…Taï National Park, the largest unbroken tract of old growth rainforest left in West Africa. It is located in the upper...
