South America & Antarctica | Venture The Planet

Expedition into Cueva de los Tayos, Where Explorers Including Neil Armstrong Have Searched for the Legendary Golden Tablets with Alien Like Symbols

by Matthew Allison | Nov 6, 2022 | Caves/Tunnels, Expeditions, Haunted Places, Most Unique Travel Experiences, South America & Antarctica, Rainforest, Tribes/Unique Cultures, Wildlife

November 2022: In early 2022, I first learned about the Cave of the Tayos when my brother, Jesse tagged me on a Facebook post from Outdoor Magazine with a message, “Let’s do this.”. According to the article, it is a cave not only full of tarantulas,...

Penguins, Sheep, Sea Lions and Battlefields-Week in the British Falkland Islands

by Matthew Allison | Nov 5, 2022 | South America & Antarctica, Wildlife

November 2022: To complete my visit of all South American countries, I felt that I would be leaving too much out by not visiting the Falkland Islands. The remote British archipelago with abundant wildlife that lies between Patagonia and Antarctica, fought over in a...

Crossing the Río de la Plata River by Ferry to the Uruguayan, Colonial Era Town of Colonia de Sacramento

by Matthew Allison | Nov 2, 2022 | South America & Antarctica

November 2022: On a trip to South America primarily to visit the Falkland Islands and Cuevo de los Tayos in Ecuador, I also flew to Buenos Aires, Argentina for a few days to visit my last South American country, Uruguay and also one of the last United Nations...

A Visit to the French Territory of French Guiana and the Prison that Kept Papillon

by Matthew Allison | Jan 16, 2022 | South America & Antarctica

January 2022: My three-day trip to Suriname was planned around visiting the French Territory of French Guiana. Since there are no actual flights to French Guiana from the USA, the easiest way to see the territory was via Suriname. It had taken me 44 years to get to...

New Year’s Adventure in Suriname, the Only Dutch Speaking Country of South America

by Matthew Allison | Jan 7, 2022 | South America & Antarctica, Rainforest

January 2022: Suriname is a fascinating country that I promise you most people have never heard of. I discovered this when waiting at the airport gate to board my plane as one person after another walked by, stopped to stare, and asked aloud, where is Suriname?...

The Paraguayan Pantanal-Least Visited Area of One of the Least Visited Countries of South America

by Matthew Allison | Mar 18, 2021 | South America & Antarctica, Wildlife

Paraguay-the Emptiness in Between the Places Tourists Want to Visit March 2021: I have always been intrigued by places that are seldom visited by foreign tourists, places where internet searches turn up mostly blank pages. Paraguay is no exception to this....