Manaus is not an easy destination. You can’t get there by road from other major South American cities, and there are only limited flights from the United States. Furthermore, those U.S. flights seem to constantly be in flux .If you’re heading there from North America, unless you’re in Florida, you’ll likely have to take at least two flights. Here are the current options.

Air travel continues to be a clusterf#%k, with staffing shortages, mechanical issues, scheduling snafus and all sorts of inexplicable factors bedeviling the supposedly “friendly skies.” We have too many places we want to fish, and not enough time to drive to many of them (especially those across the pond). We collect the links so you can get straight to the good stuff.

Lots more good news this week for anglers who want to go to Chile or Brazil. Alaska may be getting cold, but the bears are fat and you can watch them. And unruly airline passengers are getting the boot!