My friends from New York recently opened a new hotel in Casco Viejo and it is a hit. The area of Cacso is similar to the older sections of New York City where my friends have done renovations similar to the hotel that they just opened here. Here is a story by Jacob Ehrler from […]
Here are some great videos of Panama, The Chiriqui Coast and Boca Brava Island. Part of Boca Brava is Isla Palenque where my friends from Chicago are developing a resort community. He sent me a 2 part series on some interns who lived there and documented life on the island. See these videos first then […]
Panama Advisory International Group as the exclusive agent, is pleased to offer this rare opportunity to own a piece of paradise in Panama. Consisting of 4 parcels of land, this property may be purchased in part or as a whole. The parcels sizes range from 1.9 hectares or 4.8 acres to a total of 8.75 […]
Here is an example where Panama has taken up the challenge of exporting one of it’s prized products to other countries. There are a number of places and land available to grow this sector. Another is palm oil. We have thousands of acres that we have visited with this in mind and it can be […]
The Agriculture sector has stagnated because land is highly under utilized, poorly managed and farming methods are still the same as the way they were a hundred years ago. While our cows are grass feed and free range (good for them and us), we produce only 50% of the milk we consume and there is […]
The Boquete Jazz and Blues Festival ended this week and the promoter, Hans-J. Lebuser pushed the bar up really high this year with an international cast of artists. I had the pleasure of meeting a lot of them and the festival days were followed by party nights so after three days it was time to […]
My friend Tedd just got back from a trip to Hannibal Bank and has shared his story and pictures with me. The Bank is an under water sea-mount rising out of about a thousand feet of water to within 120 feet of the surface. Tedd and his friend would enter the water at the high […]
Well the secret location for the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swim Suit Edition is out and guess where it is – PANAMA. This in from the Visitor Earlier this week on The Late Show with David Letterman, Sports Illustrated magazine debuted its Swimsuit Issue shooting locations: Bocas del Toro, San Blas and Casco Viejo. The issue […]
Thursday March 1st marked the first day of the Boquete Jazz and Blues Festival and we started this years fest with a street parade with a traditional New Orleans street bank brought in for the opening. Starting at the community players theater and joined in the town square by the performers, they marched up main […]
Well, International Living has ranked the 19 top places for 2012 and no surprise, Panama is number 2. Of course, Panama should really be number 1 as moving to Ecuador makes as much sense and moving to Nicaragua, sorry Mr Ortega. And really, how could Mexico be on anyone’s radar other than the Zeta Gang […]