by Matthew Allison | Feb 1, 2020 | Australia & Pacific
February 2020: The Marshall Islands named after a British naval Captain who visited in the 1700’s, has like many countries in the world, a long history of colonialism that has left a lasting impression on the country. It started as a Spanish colony, then became...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 28, 2020 | Australia & Pacific, North America
Hiking the Most Beautiful Trail in the Pacific-Kalalau Trail Along the Nāpali Coast, Kauai Hiking the Kalalau Trail A Decade-Long Dream to Conquer Kauai’s Wild Nāpali CoastJanuary 2020 The Nāpali Coast of Kauai is arguably one of the most beautiful places on Earth....
by Matthew Allison | Sep 30, 2017 | Australia & Pacific
September 2017: As part of a two-week journey across the South Pacific, my wife and I spent two days in New Zealand with one goal: to explore a wild glowworm cave. Rather than visiting a commercial show cave, we sought an unmanaged one where we could venture at our...
by Matthew Allison | Sep 18, 2017 | Australia & Pacific
September 2017: Paula and I planned a trip to Samoa, also known as Independent Western Samoa. Although it lies just 500 miles from American Samoa, a U.S. territory, Independent Samoa is its own sovereign nation. The country is known for preserving its traditional...
by Matthew Allison | Sep 13, 2017 | Australia & Pacific
Swimming with Giants: Our Journey to Tonga In September 2017, my wife and I traveled to Tonga, the last Pacific kingdom still ruled by a king, for six days as part of a two-week journey that also included Samoa and New Zealand. Our main goal in Tonga was to swim with...
by Matthew Allison | May 29, 2016 | Australia & Pacific
May 2016: After spending a week journeying to visit the Korowai tribe in Papua, on the Indonesian side of the island of New Guinea, I crossed the land border from Jayapura into Papua New Guinea (PNG), arriving in the remote jungle outpost of Vanimo. I ended up...
