by Matthew Allison | Aug 23, 2026 | Europe
Journey to the Top of the World The Last Great Unknown During my travels, I have been fortunate to visit places that have long ignited both the human imagination and my own—Timbuktu, Antarctica, the Himalayas, the Amazon, Lac Télé in the Congo and countless others....
by Matthew Allison | May 29, 2026 | Central America
Returning to Costa Rica: A Different Kind of Adventure First Trip to Corcovado National Park May 2026: This was my first trip back to Costa Rica since my first visit 16 years ago, when I trekked across Corcovado National Park. That journey felt more like a wilderness...
by Matthew Allison | May 11, 2026 | Europe
Visiting One of the Most Important Battlefields in Europe Napoleon’s Final Defeat at Waterloo March 2026: I used Brussels as the base for a larger trip to Liberia because my friends and I were flying to Liberia via Brussels Airlines. This was my second visit to...
by Matthew Allison | May 8, 2026 | Africa
Returning to Liberia A First Visit After War March 2026: I first visited Liberia in 2013, not long after the end of its brutal civil wars. At the time, I only had four days in the country. I was backpacking solo across Sierra Leone and Liberia on a tight budget,...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 15, 2026 | Caribbean
Puerto Rico: The Island That I Was Missing March 2026: After visiting every independent country in the Caribbean and numerous other unique islands, I felt like I couldn’t say my journey in the region was complete without visiting one of its largest islands—the U.S....
by Matthew Allison | Mar 12, 2026 | Asia
Ending the Journey in Turkey February 2026: As part of an almost three-week trip across Eastern Europe, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia with my family, we decided to end our journey by visiting Turkey for a few days before heading home. In hindsight, it was an ambitious plan....
by Matthew Allison | Mar 8, 2026 | Asia
Arrival in Northern Saudi Arabia February 2026: From Egypt, we flew into Tabuk, where we began the next part of our journey—a week-long adventure driving across northern Saudi Arabia between Tabuk and AlUla. This region is one of the most dramatic in the country, and...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 7, 2026 | Africa
Leaving Eastern Europe Behind January 2026: After almost a week in the freezing cold of Eastern Europe — the Czech Republic and Slovakia — exploring the beauty of Prague and Bratislava, along with a couple of truly sinister castles with very dark backstories, it was...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 3, 2026 | Europe
Slovakia, the less Visited Half of what was once Czechoslovakia January 2026: As part of an almost three-week trip that included Czechia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, my family and I also visited Slovakia. We traveled to Bratislava by train from Prague and ended...
by Matthew Allison | Feb 27, 2026 | Europe
Returning to the Czech Republic — A Decade Later January 2026: I first visited the Czech Republic — specifically Prague — ten years ago, in 2015. Back then, despite the crowds of tourists, I was immediately spellbound. There’s something about Prague that gets under...
