by Matthew Allison | Jul 2, 2014 | Asia
Cambodia and the Cardamom Mountains: A Rain-Soaked Adventure July 2014: As part of a two-week trip that included Hang Son Doong in Vietnam and Thailand, I returned to Cambodia after a decade, eager to see its changes and explore the Cardamom Mountains—Southeast Asia’s...
by Matthew Allison | Apr 3, 2014 | North America
April 2014: Chasing History and Hill Country in Appalachia A Weekend in Virginia and West Virginia with My Brother Reuniting in the Blue Ridge Over a long weekend, I flew to Richmond, Virginia to meet up with my brother, who was living in Charlottesville at the time....
by Matthew Allison | Feb 9, 2014 | Central America
About Las Mosquitia February 2014: The La Mosquitia region of Honduras is the largest rainforest in the Americas north of the Amazon. It is a largely roadless area of indigenous people, rare wildlife populations mostly extinct elsewhere and lost Mayan cities, many...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 25, 2013 | Middle East
Christmas in Iraq and a Winter Ascent of Mount Nemrut December 2013: One of the key reasons I’ve been able to travel to most of the world while working full-time is my refusal to let any time off go to waste. With that mindset, I saw the Christmas holiday long weekend...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 20, 2013 | Asia
Preserving Vanishing Cultures: A Journey to the Nenets of Siberia February 2013 – One of the greatest motivations behind my travels is the opportunity to visit exotic cultures and indigenous tribes—communities that have managed to preserve their traditions despite the...
