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…
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…
A couple of weeks ago, we enjoyed another outstanding musical program led by Dr. Isaac Casal, a renowned Panamanian cellist. Last year, Isaac brought Ensemblast, a professional chamber…
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…
After almost three years of expat living in Panama, we still hear two questions pretty frequently: 1) Is the cost of living really lower there than in the…
Last week we posted about our adventure to the cloud forest and secret waterfall off the Pianista Trail. Right after that, we had a completely different hiking experience.…
And now for something completely different! The Do Portugal Circus came up to our little mountain town for a week-long engagement, and we saw one of the finale…