by Matthew Allison | May 1, 2024 | Default
April 2024: Every once in a while, I am still able to get a group of my friends together and do something amazing and adventurous. and spending a night exploring the illegal network of Paris Catacombs with my friends was an experience I will never forget. Fewer places...
by Matthew Allison | Apr 27, 2024 | Africa, Default
April 2024: Morocco was a country that I had visited in the past but not in any real depth because I considered it too touristy for my taste and there were just too many other interesting north African countries to explore that were more intrepid. But I wanted to give...
by Matthew Allison | Feb 20, 2024 | Default
February 2024: As part of a two-week trip to visit my last countries of the world 197/197, my nephew Dylan, friends Jimmie, Wes and I spent two nights in Saint Lucia with the main purpose to go canyoneering in the Holy Grail Canyon in the lush rainforests of northern...
by Matthew Allison | May 5, 2017 | Default
May 2017: To celebrate my 40th birthday, I flew to Medellin, Colombia with a few good friends, Johnny, Jimmie, Dan and Frank. This would be my 2nd time to Colombia and my first time to Medellin. I also wanted to visit the Los Llanos, a wildlife rich swamp that had the...
by Matthew Allison | Mar 27, 2010 | Default
March 2010: With a week in Costa Rica, I often the wildest and most ecologically unique place to visit and not only did I find Corcovado National Park in the Oso Peninsula of Costa Rica to be a gem in that country, but it is also one of the finest rainforest national...
by Matthew Allison | Jan 12, 2010 | North America, Default
Arizona embodies the heart of the wild west with its ghost towns, long lonely border with Mexico and some of the finest desert scenery anywhere in the world. There is the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley to the north and vast deserts of huge Saguaro and organ Pipe...