Two important and very great things happened in our adopted country of Colombia on Friday. FIRST, the city of Medellín finally demolished the Monaco building, the former home…
This post has three parts: a story, a voting how-to for our fellow expats, and a soapbox. First the story. A few weeks ago, we blogged about using…
It’s been over a year since we first posted our listing of Boquete favorites, so here’s an update for folks planning a visit here. Usual caveat: this is…
Our training for the big Inca Trail trek to Machu Picchu in October continues! Two weekends ago we not only gave ourselves a good hiking challenge but also…
Before our move to Colombia in December, we wanted to take one last beach road trip with the “kids” – and Susan’s birthday a couple of weeks ago…
After well over three years living in Panama, we haven’t availed ourselves of the Panamanian postal system until now. The biggest reason is that we rarely need to…
For John and me, making the decision to move to Medellín, Colombia was easy (here’s our blog post on why we’re making the move). Now comes the bittersweet…
FULL DISCLOSURE: We’re about to put our house on the market in preparation for our move to Medellin, Colombia – but we started this post long before we…
It’s a long way from our home in Boquete, Panama to my hometown of Fort Stockton, Texas, and in many ways the two towns could not be more…
John and I are editors of a pet resource listing on Chiriqui.life, an online community for residents of Panama’s Chiriqui Province. (Here’s how all that came about, if…