by Matthew Allison | Jul 23, 2019 | North America
March 2019: Yellowstone in Winter: A Different World Childhood Memories of Yellowstone When I was a kid, I visited Yellowstone with my family a few times. Back then, it felt like the most exotic destination I had ever been to, and I never noticed any crowds. The park...
by Matthew Allison | Jul 22, 2019 | Caribbean, North America
Swimming with Moby Dick Dominica: The Caribbean’s Untouched Eco-Paradise I categorize Caribbean countries into two types: large, bustling nations and smaller, quieter islands. I tend to prefer the latter, and Dominica fits this description perfectly—a relaxed, idyllic...
by Matthew Allison | Jul 10, 2019 | Caribbean
A Layover Adventure in Antigua In July 2019, during a day-long layover between our flights from: Montserrat Island – Exploring the Exclusion Zone where a volcano destroyed the capital city of Plymouth Dominica – Swimming with sperm whales, the world’s largest toothed...
by Matthew Allison | Jul 3, 2019 | Caribbean
Montserrat: The Pompeii of the Caribbean July 2019: Paula and I couldn’t visit the Lesser Antilles without stopping in Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory often called the Pompeii of the Caribbean. In the 1990s, a devastating volcanic eruption buried the...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 28, 2019 | Asia
March 2019: As part of a larger 10-day trip that involved visiting Afghanistan, I also visited Myanmar for 4 days, a country that couldn’t be any different on the cultural spectrum. This was my 3rd visit to Myanmar, one of my favorite countries in the...
