by Matthew Allison | Feb 22, 2024 | Caribbean, North America
February 2024: For years, I envisioned this exact moment—visiting my final United Nations-recognized country, completing my journey to all 197 countries. I wanted this special milestone to coincide with my six-month-old daughter Indie’s very first country visit. As a...
by Matthew Allison | Feb 18, 2024 | Caribbean, North America
February 2024: On this two-week, five-country journey to visit my final five sovereign nations, my nephew, friend Jimmie, and I found ourselves in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines—a place that felt less touristy than the other islands we visited. Our main goal here...
by Matthew Allison | Feb 17, 2024 | Caribbean, North America
February 2024: I visited Grenada for three days as part of a two-week journey through the Caribbean, marking the last of the 197 sovereign countries I aimed to visit. Grenada was a place I was particularly excited about due to my fascination with revolutions and the...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 20, 2024 | Caribbean, North America
February 2024:On what was my second visit to Trinidad, what was meant to be a full day and night was reduced to just one night due to a flight delay from Saint Lucia. This unfortunately ruined my plans to visit an abandoned Cold War-era military radar station hidden...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 14, 2024 | Caribbean
January 2024: As part of a two-week trip to visit my last five sovereign countries in the world, I began the journey in Barbados with my nephew, Dylan, and friend, Jimmie. Over the course of about three days, we drove around the island in a rental car, eager to...
by Matthew Allison | Aug 31, 2020 | Caribbean
Jamaica-Beyond the All Inclusive Resorts to the Caves and Jungles of Cockpit Country August 2020: I separate the countries of the Caribbean into big and small island countries. Typically, I prefer the less crowded small islands like Dominica but Jamaica even though it...
