by Matthew Allison | Jan 5, 2025 | Africa
December 2024: I recently visited The Gambia for the second time as part of a week-long trip to Mali, with the main goal of reaching Timbuktu. My first visit to The Gambia was entirely accidental—the result of a flat airplane tire that stranded me there...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 9, 2024 | Africa
Timbuktu: The Ultimate Quest for Adventure December 2024: The very name Timbuktu conjures images of legendary exploration, lost cities, and vast desert landscapes—a place once whispered about in European courts as a city of gold and unimaginable wealth, hidden deep...
by Matthew Allison | Apr 27, 2024 | Africa, Default
April 2024 – A New Perspective on Morocco From Avoidance to Admiration Morocco was a country I had briefly visited in the past-Dodging Swindlers, Aggressive Snake Charmers and Pick Pocketers All While Purposely Getting Lost in the Endless and Charming Alleyways of the...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 19, 2023 | Africa
Cabo Verde & the Azores: A Birthday Trip and a Milestone January 2023 – Celebrating Paula and Completing My African Journey For Paula’s birthday, we traveled to the stunning Portuguese-speaking islands of Cabo Verde and the Azores—a seamless trip made possible by...
by Matthew Allison | Apr 18, 2022 | Africa
March 2022: As part of a multi-country African trip, my wife, friend, and I visited Burundi. It was the last country in the region that I had not visited, and even though I was miles from the border in Rwanda years earlier-Tracking Wild Chimpanzees and Observing the...
by Matthew Allison | Apr 4, 2022 | Africa
March 2022: As part of a multi-country Africa trip, my wife, friend and I visited Malawi for 3 nights/4 days. For me the main appeal of Malawi is lake Malawi, a clear freshwater lake with the highest diversity of tropical freshwater fish in the world and I made this...
