by Matthew Allison | Jan 23, 2009 | Mexico, North America
A Layover Adventure: Climbing the Pyramids of Teotihuacán In January 2009, with a 10-hour layover in Mexico City on my way to Tijuana from Panama, I decided to make the most of my time by visiting Teotihuacán. Taking a combination of metro and public bus from the...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 3, 2008 | Central America
Darien Gap December 2008/January 2009: Few places in the world are as mysterious and alluring as the dense, foreboding jungles of the Darién Gap. This is a wilderness so deep, mountainous, and hostile that it remains the only break in the Pan-American Highway, which...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 29, 2008 | Europe
Exploring Moldova: Europe’s Least-Visited Country and Its Unresolved Conflict November 2008: As part of a two-week journey through the Balkans and the former Yugoslavia, my friend Dan and I spent three days in Moldova. I was particularly excited to visit Europe’s...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 29, 2008 | Europe
Break-Away Republic of Transnistria Transdniestria: A Soviet Time Capsule and a Break-Away Republic Adventure November 2008: As part of a multi-country journey through Eastern Europe, my friend Dan and I set our sights on Transdniestria—a self-declared breakaway...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 26, 2008 | Europe
Exploring Albania: From Communist Isolation to Modern Transformation November 2008: I visited Albania twice—first in 2008 during a two-week backpacking trip across the Balkans with my friend Dan, and later in September 2021 with my wife Paula. On my first visit, Dan...
