by Matthew Allison | Apr 3, 2022 | Africa
Reaching My Final Country in Continental Africa A Journey to Angola and the Tribes of the South In April 2022, my wife Paula, our friend Jimmie, and I traveled to Angola as part of a multi-country trip across Africa. Angola was our final stop, marking the completion...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 30, 2022 | Africa
March 2022/Day 1: My wife, a few friends and I arrived in Mauritius via the Seychelles-Seychelle Islands: Giant Tortoises, Stunning Sunsets and Incredibly Beautiful Boulder Studded White Sand Beaches | Venture The Planet, flying with Seychelles Air, with only two days...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 28, 2022 | Africa
March 2022: As part of a larger trip to visit the last of my African countries, my wife, friend Jimmie and I visited the Seychelles islands. From my home in San Diego, the Seychelles are about as far away as any destination in the world. To get there, we flew to...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 19, 2021 | Africa
November 2021: When Plan B Became the Adventure From Angola Covid Cancellations to a Volcano in the Indian Ocean The Comoros Islands weren’t part of my original plan. I had wanted to visit for a while, but I didn’t expect them to become the centerpiece of this trip....
by Matthew Allison | Dec 17, 2021 | Africa
November 2021 – A Layover Gone Long in Maputo When Omicron Changed the Plan My original plan was simple: a one-night layover in Maputo, Mozambique’s capital, en route from Botswana to Angola. But as was so often the case during the pandemic, Covid—and the newly...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 14, 2021 | Africa
November 2021: The earliest nature documentaries I can remember watching as a youth featured the natural marvels of the Kalahari Desert. This is a region of the world that has always intrigued me. It is not a desert in similarity to the Sahara. On the contrary, the...
