Today my article about Nomads of the Seas got published in De Tijd,
the financial newspaper in Belgium. A good reason to look back at this
unique sailingtrip we did a good month ago. We cruised around the area
of Puerto Montt in northern Patagonia on what is by any doubt one of the
most high-tech ships in the world. Owner Andres Ergas made sure the
hardware for this flyfishing expedition is top-end: 25 million dollar
boat, US Army zodiac of one milion, state-of-the-art helicopter,…
Definately the ultimate way to discover this end of the world and most
of all, to (learn how to) flyfish. Mister Ergas is quite ambitious and
is planning more ultimate experience places all over Chile. From
ultra-skiing in the Andes to going deep into the Atacama desert. Will be
interesting to follow that. On the other hand, tourism and hospitality
in South-America is growing so fast, that even a high-end project like
Nomads is suffering from growing pains. My feeling is they have to make
sure that the software, or the people running these operations, is as
good as their hardware. I guess they still have some fine-tuning to do.
Let’s keep an eye on that!
