Welcome to the first in this series of Panama road trips for 2011. We have already been back to Pedasi twice this year, meeting with customers and enjoying this incredible place that is still undiscovered by most people, even with many Panamanians who have never ventured out of the City past the gold coast. While the inventory of rooms in Pedasi was once counted on a couple of hands, there are numerous places to stay now and enjoy in this place I call Paradise! Plus the real estate opportunities that we will show you are at the lowest price that they will ever be and the availability to the best is very limited. As I like to say, think Costa Rica 20 years ago!
Let’s take a look at these places in Paradise.
Good morning Pedasi, what a place to wake up to in the morning. The sun is up and the surf turns silver in the early morning light.
The tide is coming up and the break will continue to build until it returns to shore where it thunders in. Great to sleep by in the evening.
Our first night on this trip was at Villa Romana and what a place it was. Kind of like Tuscany but here in the tropical oceanfront of Panama, just outside Pedasi.
Each of the villas are perched about a hundred feet above the rocky shore below and enjoy views way out to the Pacific Ocean.
The villa in the background that you see below is a 20,000 square footer sitting on a thousand acres. Rich guy who likes his privacy. We paid $138 a night for the same view!!
Our little villa was ultra comfortable and we had one of the most soothing night’s sleep listening to the thunderous surf breaking below us.
You can still buy oceanfront property in this market from 40 cents per square foot for larger parcels to $10 per square foot for an ocean view lot in a gated community with quality infrastructure. This is of course today, not 2 years from now. Also, there are only a few properties that have title and usage up to 72 feet from high tide here in the Pedasi area.
Local craftsmen have learned to use native wood, stone and old world techniques of construction here in Pedasi from the developers such as designer Gilles Saint-Gilles at his project Azueros.
Some of the estate homes in the area are incredible but can still be built for under $100 per square foot.
With a canvas like Pedasi, creating your dream home can come easy. We have architects and builders who can work with you to insure that no detail is left out.
If you prefer, there is a selection of existing villas from $475,000 in gated communities on the ocean with beautiful beaches below. Check these out here
Magnificent Ocean View Villa In Pedasi Ocean View Villa In Pedasi
Here is a large parcel of land just down the road from Azueros and Villa Romana. This is the end of the road and very private with land to develop a world class resort and community, all for 40 cents per square foot. The owner would also entertain a joint venture equity partner. If you have $5,000,000, you can buy into the game. Contact me for details.
A short drive from Pedasi town is Venao beach, a very bohemian place like Playa del Carmen was in Mexico before the market exploded. Unlike Mexico, Panama does not have hurricanes!
Venao has big time Vibe. The area is magical and one can ride horseback on the beach, fish, snorkel, visit a local beach bar and restaurant, eat the local specialty fresh caught red snapper or yellow fin tuna, have a cocktail and watch the sunset. For the more adventurous, try surfing in this beginners to medium rated surf, or just sit back with a mojito and watch the beautiful people carve the waves. We can offer you ocean front land or land in the hills above the beach.
A breeze comes in off of the Pacific Ocean and is more than welcome beneath the hot, tropical sun in the clear skies above Pedasi, Panama. Residents and tourists visiting Pedasi relax to the soothing sound of nearby Pacific waves that greet the sandy beaches and rocky shores. The hustle and bustle of city life is unknown in these peaceful Panamanian hinterlands. One of the outposts of the Azuero Peninsula, small and quiet Pedasi, Panama seems to exist in another time and place.
Back in Pedasi town, we stayed with our friend Ovidio Diaz who with his wife runs Casa de Campo , a beautiful boutique bed and breakfast. Casa de Campo is an extension of their main villa and truly epitomizes the saying “mi casa es su casa” or my house is your house. Lush gardens invite you to enter.
Just around the corner is the pool and poolside bar. Soon, Ovidio will have a Friday evening happy hour with live music and appetizers for hotel guests. Great way to start your weekend adventure.
The lot is huge and the house has plenty of corners and nooks to relax in and read a book, hook up to free wifi or just chill.
My wife Susie and I have been looking at homes in town and on the ocean a short walk from town where there are a couple of nice projects.
The oceanfront lots there are fabulous and each has access down to the beach below. Click here for details
You can buy a small ocean view lot for $124,000 or an oceanfront lot with an incredible beachfront for under $375,000, again all underground utilities and a filled to grade building lot right on the ocean.
Two years ago when I came here for the first time, all of this was on paper and roads were being cut in. Now the infrastructure has been built and there are a couple of dozen homes going up this year. Most of the first phases are sold out and we looked at the second phase lots, many of which have already been sold. That is not bad for the market conditions that existed during 2008 to 2010. Pedasi has reached the tipping point and it is definitely on its way up.
We offer you our services and knowledge in this market where we have oceanfront farms from 16 acres for $975,000 to larger development parcels of hundreds of acres and miles of beach for 40 cents a square foot. These prices for lots or land are unheard of anywhere in else in Panama and will never be the same in Pedasi as there is a finite availability. Where can you buy 16 acres of beach front like this for $1.40 per square foot? Find out here. 16 Acres Of Pedasi Beach Front Land
Come see for yourself what makes Pedasi special but don’t wait too long. “There is a slowness to Pedasi; a rhythm in the way people live day to day. It’s inevitable that in a few days you will slow down. Your hurry will turn into a cold beer (for 50 cents), waiting for the local taxi to pick you up and take you to visit Isla Iguana, an island that everybody talks about with good reason. When you get to the beach the fisherman that has been waiting for you doesn’t question why you are late. There is no need for an explanation: everybody is late. He starts the engine and somewhere on the way the hum of the engine becomes hypnotic, the ocean slaps against the side of the boat, a light occasional spray covers you. The water is warm, salty, rich and inviting. The ocean translucent, in a nutshell this is Pedasi.” – Jose Goldner, poet.
Pedasi, a small fishing village where people who come here like it that way!!
You can find most of your necessities in Pedasi including medical care and banking needs. A short one hour drive and you can get to Las Tablas, a modern town where you will find just about anything else you need. Pedasi has a regional airport and is less than an hour’s flight from Panama City and a four and a half hour drive by car.
Come visit, come stay and live in Paradise!
Tom Brymer
In the US call 305-448-1003
In Panama call 6810-1074
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Tom, I have to give you credit, you know how to bring the image of “paradise in Panama” to life through your blog. Every time I read (view) this blog it seems like I’m back in beautiful Panama again.
Tom, I agree with Jeff. I’ve been “connected” to Panama for twenty years. No one makes a place come alive like you do. I enjoy every one of your presentations. Thanks!
Thats it, you convinced me to go back down there for a weekend with the wife. See you in villa camilla!