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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A Week of Adventure in the World’s Largest Cave-Hang Son Doong
Largest Cave in World in Terms of VolumeJuly 2014: I first learned about the great cave when I flipped open a National Geographic magazine and saw photos of a place so vast and otherworldly that it seemed almost impossible to reach. It looked like something out of a...
On Overnight Patrol with Park Rangers in Cardamom National Park, Cambodia
Cambodia and the Cardamom Mountains: A Rain-Soaked Adventure July 2014: As part of a two-week trip that included Hang Son Doong in Vietnam and Thailand, I returned to Cambodia after a decade, eager to see its changes and explore the Cardamom Mountains—Southeast Asia’s...
My Nation’s Capital, Old Appalachian Towns, Civil War History & Almost Being Arrested for Trespassing, Virginia
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....
Navigating the Vast Road-less and Narco-Trafficker Ridden Rainforests of La Mosquitia, Honduras
About Las MosquitiaFebruary 2014: The La Mosquitia region of Honduras is the largest rainforest in the Americas north of the Amazon. It is a largely roadless area of indigenous people, rare wildlife populations mostly extinct elsewhere and lost Mayan cities, many...
Spending Christmas in Kurdistan, Iraq
Christmas in Iraq and a Winter Ascent of Mount Nemrut December 2013: One of the key reasons I’ve been able to travel to most of the world while working full-time is my refusal to let any time off go to waste. With that mindset, I saw the Christmas holiday long weekend...
Winter Traveling with Reindeer Herders into the Siberian Arctic, Yamal Peninsula
Preserving Vanishing Cultures: A Journey to the Nenets of Siberia February 2013 – One of the greatest motivations behind my travels is the opportunity to visit exotic cultures and indigenous tribes—communities that have managed to preserve their traditions despite the...
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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