by Matthew Allison | Jan 19, 2023 | Africa
January 2023: For my wife’s birthday trip, she, her mother and I, visited the Portuguese speaking Islands of Cabo Verde and the Azores since the two island archipelagos are easily accessible via direct flights from Sata Airlines via Boston and from each other....
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 | Apr 4, 2022 | Africa
March 2022: As part of a multi-country Africa trip, my wife, friend and I visited Malawi for 3 nights/4 days. For me the main appeal of Malawi is lake Malawi, a clear freshwater lake with the highest diversity of tropical freshwater fish in the world and I made this...
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. ...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 30, 2022 | Africa
March 2022/Day 1: We arrived to Mauritius via the Seychelles Islands via Seychelles Air with only two days to visit the country before continuing on to Burundi in mainland Africa. To maximize our time and see as much as possible while in Mauritius, we rented a car at...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 28, 2022 | Africa, Wildlife
March 2022: As part of a larger trip to visit the last of my African countries, my wife, friend Jimmie and I visited the Seychelles islands. From my home in San Diego, the Seychelles are about as far away as any destination in the world. To get there, we flew to...