Category: The Patagonia
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Cellphones: A Lifeline and Guide
I live and die with the cell phone. I can call my best friend or connect to the world! A cell phone provides local telecom and internet service. Know how to use it and make sure it has a large readable screen, keep it in a safe place, and don’t let it get wet when you go fishing.…
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How about some pictures and a map.
This was a very fishy place outside of Coyhaique, Chile. Lots of trout on nymphs and drys. Happy days, do you like the pictures? I do not remember where I downloaded this map from but if I do I will credit it. A lifetime would be needed to fish all the rivers here in this…
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Insurance Essentials
Health and travel insurance costs $1000 for four months in 2017 and $1500 for five months in 2018. The policy included theft, trip interruption, and flight delays. Most importantly, the insurance will cover you for health expenses incurred (up to $50,000) and emergency evacuation back to the USA. If you go to the hospital in…
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More on Chile Now, Fishing Later
Haha. Here is more information that you need to know about Chile. For Americans to visit Chile, no visa necessary for trips less than 90 days, and there is no entry fee. If you stay longer than 90 days, you must leave the country before the 90 days are up and then come back in…
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Flights To Santiago Chile 2017 – 2018
10/5/2017 I start looking at Bookingbuddy.com for flight pricing three months before my trip. Last year, in September 2016, the cost 90 days ahead of the flight JFK to Santiago was around $600. I waited until October and ended paying approximately $900 round trip with a stop in Miami on American Airlines, coach, from JFK…
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Planning
I have nothing to do but plan another trip to Chile and The Patagonia. I’ll be damned if I spend a freezing winter upstate in the Catskills trying to keep busy and wishing I were somewhere else. This year I will expand upon the trip I made last winter, 2016-17, when I visited Chile for the…
A River To Fish 