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…
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A couple of years ago (when I was still foolish enough to get into Facebook political debates) I got into a Facebook political debate. I don’t even remember…
We got word this week that a class of schoolkids in the U.K. is following our Galapagos posts for their science studies! Oh the pressure . . .…
A couple of days ago we came across an excellent article, “Health care for the Panama retirement dream,” on the Newsroom Panama site. It’s a great summary of…
“What do you want to do for your birthday?” John asked me a while back. I didn’t have to ponder this question for long. “Well, let’s go to…
Last weekend we made our second visit to Hooked on Panama, a fishing lodge halfway down Punta Burica. If you check the map, Punta Burica is the peninsula…
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…
You would not believe how many times I’m asked that question, now that I’ve retired and moved to Panama. Here’s what I say: every day’s Saturday and I…
Boquete may be a small mountain town in Panama, but that doesn’t mean we don’t get a dose of culture from time to time! A few times a…
. . . is in our back yard! When we first decided to buy a home here, one of our “must have” items was abundant room on the…