by Matthew Allison | Dec 19, 2021 | Africa, Volcanoes
November 2021: The Comoros islands were my Plan B. Although I had wanted to visit for a while, I did not expect to be here on this trip. I was supposed to go to Angola, but the Omicron outbreak, resulted in Angola canceling all my flights. I could only return...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 17, 2021 | Africa
November 2021: My original plan was to have just a one-night layover in Maputo on my way to Angola from South Africa. However, the Covid variant Omicron had other plans for me. I landed in the small airport of Maputo, picked up my visa on arrival after much...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 14, 2021 | Africa, Wildlife
November 2021: The earliest nature documentaries I can remember watching as a youth featured the natural marvels of the Kalahari Desert. This is a region of the world that has always intrigued me. It is not a desert in similarity to the Sahara. On the contrary, the...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 13, 2021 | Africa
November 2021: After almost three days of travel with only a little sleep on airplanes, we arrived at Maseru airport in Lesotho via South African Airlink from Johannesburg, South Africa. I was exhausted, and now I had to pick up our rental car at the airport and drive...
by Matthew Allison | Sep 28, 2021 | Africa, Haunted Places
What are the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World September 2021: The seven ancient wonders of the world were named by Greek travelers hundreds of years BC during their travels through the world known to them at the time; Egypt, Greece, Babylon, and Persia. Of the seven...
by Matthew Allison | Sep 27, 2021 | Africa
September 2021: Although I had already been to Egypt 3 times, we were so close and Paula has never been there, so it was an easy decision to return. Besides, I love Egypt-the ancient history and what isn’t there to like about mummies, tombs, curses and pyramids?...
