by Matthew Allison | Dec 19, 2021 | Africa
November 2021: When Plan B Became the Adventure From Angola Covid Cancellations to a Volcano in the Indian Ocean The Comoros Islands weren’t part of my original plan. I had wanted to visit for a while, but I didn’t expect them to become the centerpiece of this trip....
by Matthew Allison | Dec 17, 2021 | Africa
November 2021 – A Layover Gone Long in Maputo When Omicron Changed the Plan My original plan was simple: a one-night layover in Maputo, Mozambique’s capital, en route from Botswana to Angola. But as was so often the case during the pandemic, Covid—and the newly...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 14, 2021 | Africa
November 2021: The earliest nature documentaries I can remember watching as a youth featured the natural marvels of the Kalahari Desert. This is a region of the world that has always intrigued me. It is not a desert in similarity to the Sahara. On the contrary, the...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 13, 2021 | Africa
Road Trip Across the Mountain Kingdom Lesotho • November 2021 • A 3-Day Journey November 2021: After nearly three days of travel and only scraps of sleep stolen on airplanes, we finally arrived at Maseru Airport in Lesotho on a South African Airlink flight from...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 12, 2021 | Europe
Short Trip to Echternach, the Oldest Town in Luxembourg November 2021: I deliberately planned a 20-hour layover in Frankfurt, Germany, to visit Luxembourg on a day trip. Luxembourg, one of the smallest countries in Europe, is also the wealthiest country per capita. At...
