by Matthew Allison | Jan 20, 2017 | Mexico, North America
January 2017: We are blessed to have Baja and its two wild rugged coastlines along the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez in our backyard, just south of where we live in San Diego. So, Paula and I try and visit a few times every year but most of the time we...
by Matthew Allison | Jul 22, 2015 | Mexico, Hiking Trips, North America, Rainforest, Tribes/Unique Cultures
July 2015: In my quest to see all of Mexico and to experience its largest lowland rainforest, the Lacandón and the indigenous descendants of the Maya, the Lacandón people, I spent 5 days exploring southern Chiapas with my friend Kent. Our goal was to sleep on an...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 23, 2009 | Mexico, North America
January 2009: Teotihuacan is an easy day trip from the Mexico City airport and on a 10-hour layover to Tijuana from Panama via Mexico City, I decided to take a combination of metro and public bus from the airport to Teotihuacan. Teotihuacan is easily the...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 23, 2007 | Mexico, Swimming with Marine Mammals/Creatures
July 2007: The Yucatan Peninsula is one of my favorite regions of Mexico because of its Mayan ruins, jungles, freshwater cenotes with underground cave diving and it is also a great place to swim with whale sharks in La Isla Holbox. My brother Jesse and I flew to...
by Matthew Allison | Feb 10, 2006 | Mexico, North America, Swimming with Marine Mammals/Creatures
February 2006: Sometimes the best trips are the ones in your backyard and this is always the case with Baja, Mexico one of my favorite places especially on a trip south to the lagoons during the grey whale migration season when mother grey whales come into the safety...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 20, 2002 | Mexico, North America, Most Dangerous Encounters
March 2002: In what now seems like a lifetime ago, I decided to get a pilot’s license in general aviation to overcome my fear of flying in small planes and to prove to myself that i could. And because travel was my passion and decided that I liked flying so much...