Matthew Allison · World Explorer
Visited Every Country on Earth
Adventures in remote cultures, wildlife habitats, caves, and wilderness regions across 197 countries and 250+ territories.
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Journey to the Ends of the Earth, the North Pole on a Nuclear Russian Ice Breaker via the Franz Josef Land Islands
Journey to the Top of the World The Last Great Unknown During my travels, I have been fortunate to visit places that have long ignited both the human imagination and my own—Timbuktu, Antarctica, the Himalayas, the Amazon, Lac Télé in the Congo and countless others....
Family Fun in Costa Rica
Returning to Costa Rica: A Different Kind of Adventure First Trip to Corcovado National Park May 2026: This was my first trip back to Costa Rica since my first visit 16 years ago, when I trekked across Corcovado National Park. That journey felt more like a wilderness...
Napoleons Final Defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, Belgium
Visiting One of the Most Important Battlefields in Europe Napoleon’s Final Defeat at Waterloo March 2026: I used Brussels as the base for a larger trip to Liberia because my friends and I were flying to Liberia via Brussels Airlines. This was my second visit to...
Into the Jungle: Sapo National Park and Liberia’s War-Torn Past
Returning to Liberia A First Visit After War March 2026: I first visited Liberia in 2013, not long after the end of its brutal civil wars. At the time, I only had four days in the country. I was backpacking solo across Sierra Leone and Liberia on a tight budget,...
Weekend at the Brightest Bio Bay in the World, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: The Island That I Was Missing March 2026: After visiting every independent country in the Caribbean and numerous other unique islands, I felt like I couldn’t say my journey in the region was complete without visiting one of its largest islands—the U.S....
Hospital Visit in Cappadocia, Turkey
Ending the Journey in Turkey February 2026: As part of an almost three-week trip across Eastern Europe, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia with my family, we decided to end our journey by visiting Turkey for a few days before heading home. In hindsight, it was an ambitious plan....
About Matthew
A Lifetime Spent Beyond the Familiar
I have spent more than 29 years exploring the planet, visiting every country on Earth and experiencing some of its most remote cultures, wildernesses, and wildlife. My mission is to inspire curiosity, respect for different cultures, and a lifelong desire to explore.
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