by Matthew Allison | Oct 23, 2018 | Africa, Middle East, Haunted Places
I can never be bored with Egypt. There is always something new to be discovered besides the main tourist attractions like the Giza Pyramids, which I am also happy to visit every time I am in Egypt. If I have time I always try and either visit the Giza Pyramids because...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 28, 2017 | Middle East, Tribes/Unique Cultures
About the Marsh Arabs March 2017: Sadly, I was introduced to the cultures of Iraq because of the Gulf War, when I was in Junior High. I remember seeing images of Beduin nomad camel caravans’ side by side with American tank convoys and pictures of floating reed...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 25, 2013 | Middle East
December 2013: One of the reasons why I have been able to travel to most of the countries of the world with a full-time job is because I never let any time off go to waste. With this in mind, I didn’t want the long weekend with a Christmas holiday to go to waste...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 7, 2013 | Caves/Tunnels, Middle East
November 2013: As part of a large two-week trip that included Djibouti, Somaliland, and the Danakil in Ethiopia, I visited my friend Evan who was living in Dubai, and we drove his car across the UAE and into Oman. We spent a week traveling across both countries, and...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 5, 2013 | Middle East
November 2013: I visited Kuwait with my friends Tim and Dan for 3 days as part of a long 20 someday trip to the middle east and West Africa. The main reason for coming to the middle east was to visit Socotra in Yemen but since I had not been to Kuwait yet, I decided...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 2, 2013 | Middle East, Most Unique Travel Experiences
Banned from Yemen November 2013: For some strange reason I didn’t go to Socotra Island the first time I went to Yemen in 2007. Maybe at the time it didn’t appeal to me as much then but about 3 years later in 2010 it appeared on my radar, and I became...
