by Matthew Allison | Apr 23, 2023 | Australia & Pacific
March 2023: As part of a larger Pacific Island trip and a ‘Baby Moon’, my wife and I decided to end our trip relaxing in the Yasawa islands of Fiji in the rustic but tranquil beach bungalow island resort of Barefoot Manta. This was the ideal way to end our...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 17, 2023 | Australia & Pacific
March 2023: Before this trip, I really knew nothing about Tuvalu, and I suspect the same is true for most of the world. It is a rare moment when the country of Tuvalu is mentioned in the news and if it ever is mentioned it is in the context of disappearing beneath the...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 16, 2023 | Australia & Pacific
March 2023: As part of a larger multi-country tip on our baby moon, Paula and I traveled to Tarawa for 4 days. Tarawa is the location of one of the fiercest battles in the pacific arena of WWII and the island is full of war relics to this day. The goal of...
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 | Mar 12, 2023 | Australia & Pacific, Wildlife
March 2023: As part of a larger trip visiting Pacific Island nations and a “Baby Moon,” my wife Paula and I visited Tasmania for 3 days. Tasmania, an Australian island state located to its south, is known for its wilderness and unique wildlife. such as the...
by Matthew Allison | Oct 4, 2020 | Australia & Pacific, Swimming with Marine Mammals/Creatures, Tribes/Unique Cultures, Wildlife
Marquesas Islands-Polynesia Forgotten by Tourism The Marquesas Islands, a group of sparsely populated volcanic islands, is one of the most isolated island archipelagos in the world. They are part of French Polynesia and the only way to reach them is via a very...
