[Southpaw]

David that is some shooting. That is one of many reasons I chose the pump. That was same time frame we went. Most people that I interacted with were fair, honest,hard working and genuinely appreciative. Being a guide there was highly respected and they all desperately wanted to learn English and speak it. A lot of the guides sons were the bird boys that worked at the lodge and I got to talk to them a good bit and you could tell they loved and cared about their country and its prosperity. Corruption though was just rampant though and it started with the drug cartels about then best I can tell.

Thing is I bet the game is still there but you don't hear to much about tour operations like you used to and that all seemingly stopped in the 90's. Will put it this way, I have only had a pistol waved in my face one time in my life and I never thought it would have been while in a boat fishing, holding out my license, getting gear confiscated and being threatened with jail all because the Federali wanted was lunch at the lodge we were staying.

I really hope that is changing down there and my one bad experience is not the norm, but I keep hearing that its gotten even worse in some parts. Unfortunately real victims are the hard working people in the country that are proud of their country but get overshadowed. Glad Scott's trip was a great adventure and safe. Even when we went we could have taken our guns but we were told not to since it was expensive and if the Federalis really liked your gun then there is a chance it could be confiscated and would basically have to buy it back. Maybe that is changed as well.