by Matthew Allison | May 29, 2026 | Central America
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...
by Matthew Allison | May 11, 2026 | Europe
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...
by Matthew Allison | May 8, 2026 | Africa
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,...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 15, 2026 | Caribbean
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....
by Matthew Allison | Mar 12, 2026 | Asia
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....
