by Matthew Allison | Mar 7, 2016 | Asia, Festival, Weird Travel
March 2016: Japan is one of my favorite countries. Even though it is one of the most developed countries in the world, it has managed to retain its very unique culture. For this reason, traveling in Japan is still a very exotic and fascinating experience. One...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 11, 2015 | Asia, Weird Travel
About the Kingdom of the Little People November 2015: China is a huge ancient country full of wonder and ever since living in Shaghai for a summer in 1995, my goal has always been to see as much of it as possible. One reason why I love China, is because it is a place...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 9, 2013 | Africa, Weird Travel
November 2013: The day started out normal. I was departing Dakar, Senegal on a flight after a night of beach bar hopping with a new American friend, who I am convinces was a hired contractor of the CIA. He provided security training to 3rd world countries, worked in...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 4, 2013 | Africa, Weird Travel
November 2013: As part of a large 20-day trip across Asia and Africa that included Kuwait, UAE and Socotra, Yemen, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone, I also visited Liberia for 3 days with the intent to learn about the link between Liberia and the USA, surf and meet general...
by Matthew Allison | Sep 7, 2010 | Asia, Most Unique Travel Experiences, Weird Travel
September 2010: I have spent my life in pursuit of those places that are unique and different, and Turkmenistan is as different as a country comes. It is often called the North Korea of Central Asia because of its isolation both politically, and geographically because...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 26, 2008 | Europe, Weird Travel
November 2008: I visited Albania twice. The first trip was in 2008 and was part of a 2 weeklong backpacking trip across the Balkans, my friend Dan and traveled across Albania for three days. We started in the south, crossing the land border from Greece and we exited...