by Matthew Allison | Jan 22, 2021 | Central America, Volcanoes
Spending the Night Next to a 12,000′ Erupting Volcano During my travels I have become obsessed with volcanos, and I have been fortunate to have been able to visit dozens of volcanos all over the world; Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nicaragua, Vanuatu,...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 14, 2021 | Central America, Volcanoes
January 2021: Nicaragua was one of my first international trips. I first went there when I was a 19 year old college student. My friend and I went to western Nicaragua as part of a church related humanitarian trip to assist doctors and dentists with their medical...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 1, 2021 | Caves/Tunnels, Central America, Haunted Places
Walking Among Bones of Human Sacrifices in the Caves of the Mayan Underworld January 2021: Belize is more than idyllic cayes or islands, and world class diving. It is also a country with incredible jungles, Mayan ruins and vast mysterious cave networks. Most Mayan...
by Matthew Allison | Feb 9, 2014 | Expeditions, Central America, Most Dangerous Encounters, Tribes/Unique Cultures
About Las Mosquitia February 2014: The La Mosquitia region of Honduras is the largest rainforest in the Americas north of the Amazon. It is a largely roadless area of indigenous people, rare wildlife populations mostly extinct elsewhere and lost Mayan cities, many...
by Matthew Allison | Dec 3, 2008 | Expeditions, Central America, Most Dangerous Encounters, Rainforest, Tribes/Unique Cultures, Wildlife
Darien Gap December 2008/January 2009: Few places in the world are as mysterious and alluring as the dense, foreboding jungles of the Darien Gap. This is a jungle so deep, mountainous and hostile that it is the only gap between the trans-American highway that runs...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 1, 2007 | Central America
March 2007: My main purpose in visiting El Salvador was to surf amazing un-crowded waves. I was also curious to learn about because it had a reputation for gang violence-MS-13 and a recent dark past from decades of civil war that killed thousands that peaked in...
