The Namib desert from the top of Big Daddy Dune

World Wild Rover

fishing

  • Bolivian Amazon

    As an avid fisherman who finds the opportunities in my local rivers and lakes a little mundane, the opportunity to fish in the Amazon had a powerful allure to me, even if I was only fishing in the Amazon rainforest and not the river itself. After researching the available options for lodges and guides in Read more

  • Upper James River

    The Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers flow together near Iron Gate, Virginia to form the James River, which runs over 300 miles from Botetourt County to empty into the Chesapeake Bay. I started coming to the James River wanting to try my hand at a more exciting fishery than the Upper Roanoke River. I’ve never been Read more

  • Panama

     I had considered including a visit to Panama in the trip to Costa Rica, but decided quickly that in the week we had available for the trip, it would be too much running and would take away from the trip overall.  I still wanted to make a visit.  My interest in Panama was fueled in Read more

  • Spain and Namibia

    I completed my goal of visiting every inhabited continent with my trip to Australia, as I had been to Africa before in 2007 or 2008.  At that time, I had secured an invitation to speak at a conference that was originally to be held in Morocco but got moved to Malta after I had already Read more

  • Tasmania

    The last continent I had to visit to complete my goal of visiting every inhabited continent was Australia.  Given that Australia is huge, and about the most time I could schedule away from work was 2 weeks, I decided I need to pick a small corner of Australia and explore it as well as I Read more