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...
by Matthew Allison | Feb 26, 2019 | Asia
A Return to Afghanistan: February 2019 This trip was part of a 10-day round-the-world journey, departing from Los Angeles and traveling through Myanmar, Thailand, and Afghanistan, before flying home across the Atlantic—a full loop around the world. After my first...
by Matthew Allison | Feb 4, 2019 | Mexico, North America
The World’s Largest Cave Shaft February 2019: Over a decade and a half ago, I watched the nature series Planet Earth on Discovery Channel. The episode on the worlds greatest caves opened with the narrator, famed English naturalist David Attenborough, saying...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 30, 2018 | Asia, Middle East
Saudi Arabia: The Once-Impossible Journey December 2018: For years, Saudi Arabia topped my list of must-visit destinations, but as a country closed off to tourists, it remained an impossible dream. The birthplace of Islam, home to Mecca, and ruled by the powerful Saud...
