Matthew Allison · World Explorer
Visited Every Country on Earth
Adventures in remote cultures, wildlife habitats, caves, and wilderness regions across 197 countries and 250+ territories.
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Sikinos Island-Off Beaten Path Greek Island Travel
Why Visit Sikinos IslandSeptember 2021: Sikinos Island has all of the beauty of Santarini-high sea cliffs, white walled villages but without the over-development and droves of tourists. Sikinos is a quiet island, which still has working donkeys. One of the reasons I...
Island of Crete-Looking for the Labyrinth of the Legendary Minotaur
The Legend of the King Minos, the Labyrinth and the MinotaurSeptember 2021: Legacy of the Minoans on Crete Origins of Europe’s First CivilizationThe Minoan civilization of Crete dates back to 3500 BC, making it the first advanced civilization in Europe. Its history is...
North Macedonia-A Day in the Country Where Alexander the Great Came From-Maybe
September 2021: North Macedonia is one of Europe's newer countries, having been part of the communist Eastern Bloc nation of Yugoslavia until the early 1990s. It wasn't until Yugoslavia collapsed with the fall of communism that North Macedonia, along with six other...
Zubr-Bison Tracking in Europe’s Largest Old Growth Forest
Zubr-Bison Tracking in Europe's Largest Old Growth ForestSeptember 2021: Before this trip the closest I was to visiting Poland was being stuck in a taxi-way at the Warsaw airport while drinking vodka shots and eating sausages with a group of Russians on a connecting...
Narco-Tourism-Cartel Cemetery in Sinaloa
Narco-Tourism in SinaloaExploring Narco-Culture: A Weekend Trip to Culiacán, Sinaloa August 2021: For a quick weekend getaway, my wife, a friend, and I flew directly from Tijuana to Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa, with plans to return via Mazatlán. Our goal? To...
Searching for a Dinosaur Named Mokele Mbembe in the Central African Forests of Lac Tele-Republic of Congo
Searching for a Dinosaur Named Mokele Mbembe in the Central African Forests of Lac Tele-Republic of CongoMay 2021: I have always been fascinated with Central Africa's vast, ancient forests that are shrouded in mystery with tribes that continue to believe in...
About Matthew
A Lifetime Spent Beyond the Familiar
I have spent more than 29 years exploring the planet, visiting every country on Earth and experiencing some of its most remote cultures, wildernesses, and wildlife. My mission is to inspire curiosity, respect for different cultures, and a lifelong desire to explore.
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