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political upheaval???? NO WAY!!!!!!
A friend of mine and I are considering going upriver from the Iquitos area fishing for Peacock Bass in a couple months. A person who has been in the area a couple times linked us up with a guide who speaks English fairly well. It would be a low budget type adventure with hammocks for sleeping, jon boat for travel upriver, etc. Can't seem to find a direct flight to Iquitos. They all go to Lima. Neither of us speak spanish and I have not traveled outside the USA. Any advice?
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Mr. Randall,
Do you have any more videos of your jungle expeditions available?
Do you have any more videos of your jungle expeditions available?
Jagged, contact Rosa at Professional Travel http://www.pro-travel.com/ and see if AeroContinente is flying the direct route from Miami to Iquitos yet. It was suppose to start this month if FAA approved them. If not, then she can book you good airfare through Lima. Don't worry about not speaking Spanish. A LOT of folks around the Lima airport speak English - even some of the ticket agents at AeroContinente, so you'll be ok. Email me your guide's name. I would like to know if I know him. If you need any specific advice on the area then let me know how I can help.
K Williams, we are shooting raw DV footage now for a future rlease. Got some great stuff last trip and we will be back in September, October, and possibly November and will be shooting more.
K Williams, we are shooting raw DV footage now for a future rlease. Got some great stuff last trip and we will be back in September, October, and possibly November and will be shooting more.
personally, we like an 18 inch machete.
Jeff: It looks like that trip will be postponed to next year. One friend going to Hawaii with son instead and other started a new job and can't get off. Waiting will be better for my finances anyway. When we go, we'll probably want to take a digital camera and a digital video camera to capture it on film. Andres said we could rent a generator, but seems overkill for just charging camera batteries. Do the solar battery chargers work well? Are they delicate? Expensive? Any recommendations? Thanks! Jeff
We're using several different types of solar charges now for all of our battery needs in the jungle. The one we sell works great and we're trying some new ones. Brunton's SolarPort http://www.brunton.com is awesome. Compact, powerful, relatively inexpensive (MSRP 95 bucks), and comes with just about every type of adapter you would need to charge anything. They are also designed so more than one SolarPort can be connected in series for more powerful applications. In fact we're reviewing this solar charger and the new Brunton GPS for them now. I like the Brunton MUCH better than the one we sell even though ours is more compact, so we're dropping our charger from our product line. Bottom line: the SolarPort is a lot better for 20 dollars more than our charger. Unlike some folks we don't have a problem admitting when someone else's equipment is better than our own, just tell Brunton we sent you if you decide to buy one 
As a side note, the Brunton GPS is also the best GPS I have used from our intial tests. Very user friendly, locks on quick, lightweight, and has a built in magnetic compass independent of the GPS which saves the old GPS and Compass scenario needed for a lot of bush navigation.
Another great charger we are using is the Sun Catcher Sport from Powerline http://www.powerqwest.com This one comes with a battery pack so you always have power even at night. Works great for recharging or powering our sat phone. During the day you simply open it up in the sun and it recharges. Both the SolarPort and the Sun Catcher have female cigarette lighter type plugs so you can use your normal 12 volt adapters for your cell phone, laptop, etc. The only problem I see with the Sun Catcher is the battery pack looks like some type of small bomb and does cause problems going through airports. Solar Chargers of any type seem to freak out the idiot security folks.
The generator Andy is talking about is a real small gasoline powered model that you can carry around with one hand. They're used a lot down there. In fact, Andy was using one to power his lodge at Panguana about 7 years ago when I visited him there. We have one of the same generators at our lodge and use it to string lights up for the night soccer games, charge batteries, and all the lighting inside the houses. If you're going deep bush though I would suggest a good solar charger and a few spare batteries for your camera.
Keep me posted on your trip. Andy is a good guide and knows the jungle very well.
As a side note, the Brunton GPS is also the best GPS I have used from our intial tests. Very user friendly, locks on quick, lightweight, and has a built in magnetic compass independent of the GPS which saves the old GPS and Compass scenario needed for a lot of bush navigation.
Another great charger we are using is the Sun Catcher Sport from Powerline http://www.powerqwest.com This one comes with a battery pack so you always have power even at night. Works great for recharging or powering our sat phone. During the day you simply open it up in the sun and it recharges. Both the SolarPort and the Sun Catcher have female cigarette lighter type plugs so you can use your normal 12 volt adapters for your cell phone, laptop, etc. The only problem I see with the Sun Catcher is the battery pack looks like some type of small bomb and does cause problems going through airports. Solar Chargers of any type seem to freak out the idiot security folks.
The generator Andy is talking about is a real small gasoline powered model that you can carry around with one hand. They're used a lot down there. In fact, Andy was using one to power his lodge at Panguana about 7 years ago when I visited him there. We have one of the same generators at our lodge and use it to string lights up for the night soccer games, charge batteries, and all the lighting inside the houses. If you're going deep bush though I would suggest a good solar charger and a few spare batteries for your camera.
Keep me posted on your trip. Andy is a good guide and knows the jungle very well.
here's a photo of the Brunton SolarPort
This is a photo of our charger being used to charge JVC mini-DV video camera batteries during our last trip.
This is a photo of our charger being used to charge JVC mini-DV video camera batteries during our last trip.
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Between the Pine Barrens of South Jersey, the coastal areas, the "mountains"
in the northwest and the urban areas circa Newark, New Jersey offers a vast array of survival challenges. Jeff, when you're ready to set up a NJ operation, let me know.
in the northwest and the urban areas circa Newark, New Jersey offers a vast array of survival challenges. Jeff, when you're ready to set up a NJ operation, let me know.Jagged, these photos were shot with a Sony MVC-FD83 digital camera at 640 x 480 on to a floppy disk. Sort of old but still takes good shots.
Nimrod, as I have said before, NJ would be a challenge I would rather stay away from
Nimrod, as I have said before, NJ would be a challenge I would rather stay away from
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Just send lawyers, guns and money, as someone else once said.
I always liked Warren Zevon's style