by Matthew Allison | Apr 3, 2022 | Africa
April 2022: My wife, Paula, friend, Jimmie and I visited Angola as part of a multi-country trip across Africa. Angola was the last country we visited on this trip and the final country I needed to visit to accomplish my goal of traveling to every country in...
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: The Comoros islands were my Plan B. Although I had wanted to visit for a while, I did not expect to be here on this trip. I was supposed to go to Angola, but the Omicron outbreak, resulted in Angola canceling all my flights. I could only return...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 17, 2021 | Africa
November 2021: My original plan was to have just a one-night layover in Maputo on my way to Angola from South Africa. However, the Covid variant Omicron had other plans for me. I landed in the small airport of Maputo, picked up my visa on arrival after much...
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...
