Around 2000 fly fishing in Los Roques was outstanding best I ever saw. Inexpensive flight out of Caracas, stay with a fisherman's family in their house. Drop you off on a flat, wade into the tide for Bonefish. Pick up on the other side, not guides, commercial fishermen, knew the water well. I used to add couple of days on a business trip whenever possible. Things started changing when Chavez came into power, safe on the small island not safe in Caracas. Many times as I went there never heard of any hunting. Business dropped to the point we stopped serving Venezuela. I doubt if it will recover anytime soon .
Columbia even worse, our cargo superintendents would not fly to Columbia and work a vessel. Go aboard in Panama ride the ship in to unload/load and ride her to the next port to fly back. All Latin's, Panamanian Venezuelan Mexican. I never had a problem but our agent took care of my arrangements. Supers were on their own much more likely to have trouble than American businessmen
William
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