by Matthew Allison | Jul 3, 2022 | North America, Most Unique Travel Experiences, Swimming with Marine Mammals/Creatures, Wildlife
About Beluga Whales in Churchill One of the main motivational factors of my travels is to travel to the places of the world where I can see my favorite wild animals. This usually takes me to some of the world’s most remote wilderness. This was also the case in...
by Matthew Allison | Oct 4, 2020 | Australia & Pacific, Swimming with Marine Mammals/Creatures, Tribes/Unique Cultures, Wildlife
Marquesas Islands-Polynesia Forgotten by Tourism The Marquesas Islands, a group of sparsely populated volcanic islands, is one of the most isolated island archipelagos in the world. They are part of French Polynesia and the only way to reach them is via a very...
by Matthew Allison | Oct 30, 2019 | Africa, Mexico, North America, Most Unique Travel Experiences, Swimming with Marine Mammals/Creatures, Wildlife
Cage Diving with Sharks in Guadalupe Island, Mexico & South Africa Another adventure bucket list item of mine was to swim with sharks. I have been obsessed with them ever since seeing Jaws as a kid. Instead of fear, Jaws instilled within me a deep admiration for...
by Matthew Allison | Jul 22, 2019 | Caribbean, North America, Swimming with Marine Mammals/Creatures, Wildlife
Swimming with Moby Dick I separate the Caribbean countries into two different categories-large and small countries. I tend to prefer visiting the smaller less busy countries and Dominica meets the definition of one of these types of countries. It is idyllic, relaxed...
by Matthew Allison | Jul 10, 2019 | Caribbean, Swimming with Marine Mammals/Creatures
July 2019: On a day long layover in between our flight from Montserrat island and Dominica, my wife Paula and I visited the Caribbean Island nation of Antigua. Antigua, an English-speaking travel hub for the region with a lot of tourist infrastructure, is very easy...
by Matthew Allison | Feb 4, 2018 | Caribbean, Bucket List Adventures, Swimming with Marine Mammals/Creatures, Wildlife
February 2018: Swimming or diving with all of the greatest creatures of the ocean is something I have passionately pursued as one of my bucket lists items in life and I have scoured the world’s oceans to swim with humpback, sperm whales, whale Sharks, great...