Paradise in Boquete


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We have been taking people around Boquete looking at places to live, invest in land and business opportunities and every-time I go out, I see another place that reminds me of the first trip that I took here in 2006.  On my first road trip to Boquete, I knew I had finally found a place that I had […]

February 22, 2018

The Panama Jazz Festival


News from Panama

There will be festivals now through March here in Panama including the Jazz Festival in Panama City that is sure to be great.  Artists include Herbie Hancock and more. Here is the official website with a complete line up. Here is a great post with some great videos. The Panama Jazz Festival future and past

December 29, 2012

Panama, a Safe Haven


News from Panama

Many factors have lead to the recent and rapid development of Panama with the expansion of the Panama Canal, the real estate boom in the City, and the  expansion of Panama as a  healthy international banking center and luxury beachfront hotel development but the one commanding feature that has provided for all of  this is the […]

October 17, 2012

Improved Debt Rating for Panama


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I have always said that one of the most important considerations to choosing a country to move to is the underlying economy and its fiscal governance.  While most countries around the world are seeing their debt downgraded, Panama continues to improve its rating .  The rating agency Standard & Poor’s has upgraded the Republic of […]

July 4, 2012

Panama Big Game Club


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Here I was last week planning my daughter’s arrival from the US and setting up a little boating with a friend in Boca Chica when I get this call from Dubai.  Dubai, what the heck!!!  Well it was a guy named Mark Charman who introduced himself and proceeded to tell me that he is the […]

June 21, 2012

Boquete Jazz & Blues Festival


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Well folks, it is just around the corner.  Soon our green season will be over and the summer will be here in Panama.  With it comes the endless holidays and festivals, beginning with the Panama Jazz Festival and International Film Festival.  One of my favorites is coming in March and the scheduled artist line up […]

October 4, 2011

Upcoming Panama Jazz Festival


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Tito Puente Jr. Mark your calenders and make your airline reservations, the Panama Jazz Festival is coming!      Go Tito!!    Click here to see the video 9th Annual Panama Jazz Festival Jan 16 – Jan 21, 2012 Teatro Nacional, Atlapa Convention Center, Plaza de le Catedral Also, the dean of Panama’s saxophonists, Carlos Garnett Click here […]

August 17, 2011

The Best Location in Panama


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OK, besides my home town of Boquete here in the western highlands of Panama………………….  The next hot spot  is emerging and the town is starting to take shape as a community like Boquete which is now shared by locals with a lively expat community.  Pedasi is a place that I have  mentioned often before and a place  that I visit whenever I […]

November 4, 2010

Expansion in Panama´s Coastal Highway


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The new Cinta Costera or coastal highway in the City is another huge project that was completed last year and is expanding again next year.  The best news thus far is the governments consideration of the old City or Casco Antiguo, a UNNESCO world heritage site, is the proposal to tunnel under the city as […]

November 3, 2010

Panama Can Be Frightening Sometimes!!


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Sometimes business has to wait and people gotta have fun and fun we had last night!! Halloween was in full swing last night here in Boquete at the Ladera Hotel and there were some pretty spooky people who showed up.  I even saw the devil get my wife and she was supposed to be “Lucky”. […]

October 31, 2010