by Matthew Allison | Jul 22, 2015 | Mexico, North America
July 2015: In my quest to see all of Mexico and to experience its largest lowland rainforest, the Lacandón and the indigenous descendants of the Maya, the Lacandón people, I spent 5 days exploring southern Chiapas with my friend Kent. Our goal was to sleep on an...
by Matthew Allison | Sep 27, 2014 | North America
September 2014: As part of a larger trip to Alaska that also included seeing polar bears in the wild in the Inupiat village of Kaktovik, my brother Jesse, friend Evan and I visited Kodiak Island for 5 days with the intent of seeing the Kodiak Bear, the largest bear in...
by Matthew Allison | Sep 14, 2014 | North America
September 2014: Alaska is hands down one of my favorite places on Earth. Its wilderness and wildlife are just simply unparalleled. I have been to Alaska multiple times and I will keep returning. On this particular trip I chose to visit the Alaskan Arctic, which is the...
by Matthew Allison | Apr 3, 2014 | North America
April 2014: Chasing History and Hill Country in Appalachia A Weekend in Virginia and West Virginia with My Brother Reuniting in the Blue Ridge Over a long weekend, I flew to Richmond, Virginia to meet up with my brother, who was living in Charlottesville at the time....
by Matthew Allison | Sep 22, 2012 | Europe, North America
September 2012: As part of a three-week journey, I embarked from Svalbard, traveling along the northeastern coast of Greenland before finishing in Iceland. The adventure was aboard an impressive icebreaker operated by G-Adventures, with a Norwegian crew. Alongside...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 12, 2010 | North America, Default
Arizona – Heart of the Wild West Ghost Towns, Borderlands, and Timeless Desert Beauty Arizona embodies the spirit of the American Wild West—a land of ghost towns, long, lonely stretches of borderland, and some of the most dramatic desert landscapes on Earth. From the...