by Matthew Allison | Jan 14, 2024 | Caribbean
January 2024: Barbados – A Rocky but Memorable Start The Final Push to Visit Every Country As part of a two-week trip to visit my last five sovereign countries in the world, I began the journey in Barbados with my nephew, Dylan, and my friend, Jimmie. Over three days,...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 6, 2024 | North America
I feel very fortunate to have spent half of my life growing up in Minnesota—the land of 10,000 lakes, vast forests, and the mighty Lake Superior, the world’s largest freshwater lake. No matter where I travel in the world, even after seeing some truly incredible...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 28, 2023 | Europe
November 2023: A few years back, during a trip to Cyprus, I’d attempted to visit the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) but was turned away at the border due to missing some required COVID-19 documentation. That experience left me all the more intrigued to...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 1, 2023 | Asia
Exploring the Cold War Legacy: A Journey to the Polygon, Kazakhstan In November 2023, I traveled to Northeast Kazakhstan for a week, drawn by my fascination with the Soviet era. Kazakhstan was once part of the USSR, and few places embody the Cold War’s tensions and...
by Matthew Allison | Jun 4, 2023 | Asia
May 2023: I first fell in love with the Buddhist regions of the Himalayas in 1998, when I visited Ladakh and Zanskar in northern India, spending several months traveling and trekking in the region. Since then, I’ve returned to trek in Bhutan (2005) and in Tibet...
