by Matthew Allison | Nov 23, 2005 | Asia
November 2005: I am not Buddhist but to me being in the Himalayas is a spiritual experience. it is hard to not feel God when you are surrounded by the highest and most majestic mountains on earth among peaceful Buddhist cultures and monasteries where monks devote...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 20, 2005 | Asia
November 2005: Into India’s Wild East Exploring Calcutta & Simlipal National Park on a Two-Week Trip Through India, Bangladesh, and Bhutan As part of a larger two-week adventure across Bhutan, Bangladesh, and eastern India, a friend and I dove deep into the...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 3, 2005 | Asia
November 2005: The Sunderbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, forms the delta of the Ganges River’s tributaries. Spanning across both Bangladesh and India, this vast forest is home to a rich array of rare and endangered wildlife, including crocodiles,...
by Matthew Allison | Oct 9, 2005 | Asia
Why Visit North Korea My First Step into North Korea: A Longtime Obsession Realized A Fascination Born in Seoul In October 2005, I finally fulfilled a dream that had been growing inside me since 1999, when I first moved to Seoul, South Korea to teach English. Living...
by Matthew Allison | May 19, 2005 | Asia
May 2005: For years I would stare at the map and wonder about the uninhabited archipelago of islands in the south of Myanmar and the sea gypsies, their only occupants who tend to live longer on the sea in their makeshift boats than on land. The islands were one of...
