by Matthew Allison | Mar 15, 2023 | Australia & Pacific, Weird Travel
March 2023: I will be honest here, in my quest to visit every country of the world, Nauru was a country that I put off the longest because I knew it would be difficult and expensive to visit and there was a could chance of getting stuck there because of flight...
by Matthew Allison | Oct 8, 2022 | Europe, Weird Travel
October 2022: Throughout my travels, the Nordik country of Denmark somehow managed to escape my sights. The same cannot be said about its territories, the Faroe Islands and Greenland but the actual country itself had evaded me up until now. On a 10-day trip around the...
by Matthew Allison | Sep 18, 2022 | Middle East, Weird Travel
I admit the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a country governed by sheikhs compared to Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen, isn’t my favorite Gulf country and there is definitely a level of decadence and superficialness about the UAE that doesn’t appeal to me. For...
by Matthew Allison | Oct 26, 2021 | North America, Tribes/Unique Cultures, Weird Travel
October 2021: With a three-day weekend close to Halloween and on Maricienne’s birthday, my wife’s mom, we decided to fly out to the old historical city of Savannah, Georgia. We started our trip in Charleston, South Carolina, where we rented a car, and we...
by Matthew Allison | Aug 9, 2021 | Mexico, Most Dangerous Encounters, North America, Weird Travel
Narco-Tourism in Sinaloa For a quick weekend trip from Tijuana, our neighbor in San Diego, my wife, friend and I decided to fly direct to Culiacan, Sinaloa for the weekend-one way, and return via Mazatlán. Our goal was to learn more about the areas Narco-culture and...
by Matthew Allison | May 23, 2021 | Africa, Expeditions, Hiking Trips, Most Unique Travel Experiences, Rainforest, Tribes/Unique Cultures, Wildlife, Weird Travel
Searching for a Dinosaur Named Mokele Mbembe in the Central African Forests of Lac Tele-Republic of Congo May 2021: I have always been fascinated with Central Africa’s vast, ancient forests that are shrouded in mystery with tribes that continue to believe in...
