by Matthew Allison | Nov 6, 2022 | Caves/Tunnels, Expeditions, Haunted Places, Most Unique Travel Experiences, South America & Antarctica, Rainforest, Tribes/Unique Cultures, Wildlife
November 2022: In early 2022, I first learned about the Cave of the Tayos when my brother, Jesse tagged me on a Facebook post from Outdoor Magazine with a message, “Let’s do this.”. According to the article, it is a cave not only full of tarantulas,...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 5, 2022 | South America & Antarctica, Wildlife
November 2022: To complete my visit of all South American countries, I felt that I would be leaving too much out by not visiting the Falkland Islands. The remote British archipelago with abundant wildlife that lies between Patagonia and Antarctica, fought over in a...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 2, 2022 | South America & Antarctica
November 2022: On a trip to South America primarily to visit the Falkland Islands and Cuevo de los Tayos in Ecuador, I also flew to Buenos Aires, Argentina for a few days to visit my last South American country, Uruguay and also one of the last United Nations...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 16, 2022 | South America & Antarctica
January 2022: My three-day trip to Suriname was planned around visiting the French Territory of French Guiana. Since there are no actual flights to French Guiana from the USA, the easiest way to see the territory was via Suriname. It had taken me 44 years to get to...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 7, 2022 | South America & Antarctica, Rainforest
January 2022: Suriname is a fascinating country that I promise you most people have never heard of. I discovered this when waiting at the airport gate to board my plane as one person after another walked by, stopped to stare, and asked aloud, where is Suriname?...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 18, 2021 | South America & Antarctica, Wildlife
Paraguay-the Emptiness in Between the Places Tourists Want to Visit March 2021: I have always been intrigued by places that are seldom visited by foreign tourists, places where internet searches turn up mostly blank pages. Paraguay is no exception to this....
