by Matthew Allison | Nov 19, 2016 | Africa
November 2016: As with many of my travel ideas, my visit to Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea was sparked by a National Geographic article about the Gran Caldera—a remote, mountainous rainforest so difficult to access that drills, hunted to near extinction in other...
by Matthew Allison | Sep 26, 2016 | Europe
Quick Glimpse into Northern Ireland September 2016: As part of a trip that included Scotland, Paula and I flew into Belfast, rented a car and explored for two days. I had previously visited Ireland and I wanted to see how Northern Ireland was different from its...
by Matthew Allison | Sep 24, 2016 | Europe
A Road Trip Through the Scottish Highlands: Castles, Whisky, and Untamed Beauty September 2016: Decades of watching romanticized films about kilted warrior clans battling against the stuffy British to the south had instilled in me a deep curiosity about Scotland. The...
by Matthew Allison | May 29, 2016 | Australia & Pacific
May 2016: After spending a week journeying to visit the Korowai tribe in Papua, on the Indonesian side of the island of New Guinea, I crossed the land border from Jayapura into Papua New Guinea (PNG), arriving in the remote jungle outpost of Vanimo. I ended up...
by Matthew Allison | May 16, 2016 | Asia
About the Korowai May 2016: Papua is one of the last places on Earth where real, raw and untamed adventure can still be found. It is a land of remote tribes that still live very traditional lives in desolate rainforests, and rugged mountain ranges. This is what...
