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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Discovering Sri Lanka’s Wild Elephants and Rainforests Teeming with Reptiles
Sri Lanka Wildlife Adventure November 2009 During a three-week adventure across Southeast Asia, I spent four memorable days exploring Sri Lanka, primarily to see Asian elephants in their natural habitat. Sri Lanka is world-famous for its national parks and dedicated...
Tracking the Last of the Laotian Elephants, Laos
November 2009: A Journey Through Laos, the Land of Lost Elephants A Hidden Paradise in Southeast Asia Among the countries of Southeast Asia, Laos stands uniquely blessed with extensive forests sprawling across its mountainous landscape. As one of the region’s least...
Nomadic Yurt Homestays and Kazakh Eagle Hunters
A Week Living with NomadsSeptember 2009: I really believe that no one should live their life without sleeping in a yurt at least one night and if you can do so for a week like my friend Kent and I did, even better. Staying in yurts with Mongolian and Kazakh nomads was...
An Adventure Over the Remote Papuan Mountain Jungles Into the Rarely Visited Villages of the Last Penis Gourded Tribes-Dani and Yali
One of My Greatest Trekking AdventuresMay 2009: I first learned about Papua and its tribes of penis gourded men from a documentary. The idea of a tribe of men wearing nothing but penis gourdes to be honest seemed absurd to me and I couldn't believe that such a tribe...
Independant Travel to the Galapagos Islands
March 2009/Day 1: I wanted to visit the Galápagos Islands, a remote archipelago of volcanic islands famed for their unique wildlife, which played a crucial role in Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. My goal was to experience the wildlife and raw wilderness...
A Week in Yasuni Amazon Rainforest Reserve with the Woaranie Tribe
March 2009: On this trip to Ecuador, beyond exploring the Galápagos Islands-Independant Travel to the Galapagos Islands | Venture The Planet, my goal was to venture deep into the Amazon Rainforest and visit Yasuní National Park—a place that keeps drawing me back. I...
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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