by Matthew Allison | Nov 20, 2005 | Asia
November 2005: Into India’s Wild East Exploring Calcutta & Simlipal National Park on a Two-Week Trip Through India, Bangladesh, and Bhutan As part of a larger two-week adventure across Bhutan, Bangladesh, and eastern India, a friend and I dove deep into the...
by Matthew Allison | Nov 3, 2005 | Asia
November 2005: The Sunderbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, forms the delta of the Ganges River’s tributaries. Spanning across both Bangladesh and India, this vast forest is home to a rich array of rare and endangered wildlife, including crocodiles,...
by Matthew Allison | Oct 9, 2005 | Asia
Why Visit North Korea My First Step into North Korea: A Longtime Obsession Realized A Fascination Born in Seoul In October 2005, I finally fulfilled a dream that had been growing inside me since 1999, when I first moved to Seoul, South Korea to teach English. Living...
by Matthew Allison | May 19, 2005 | Asia
May 2005: For years I would stare at the map and wonder about the uninhabited archipelago of islands in the south of Myanmar and the sea gypsies, their only occupants who tend to live longer on the sea in their makeshift boats than on land. The islands were one of...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 8, 2005 | Asia, Middle East
Chasing Legends: My Journey to Petra and Beyond March 2005: Jordan had been calling to me for years—its ancient ruins, biblical history, and vast mystical deserts igniting my imagination. But above all, one place stood at the heart of my wanderlust: Petra. Like many,...
by Matthew Allison | May 17, 2004 | Asia
May 2004: Ironically, it was the Vietnam War movies I grew up watching, like Platoon, Hamburger Hill, and Forrest Gump, that inspired me to visit Vietnam as one of the first countries in my quest to see the world. I wanted to learn more about the devastating war that...
