The Environmental Impact Study for the 2-kilometer extension of the Metro to Tocumen Airport’s passenger terminal has been approved and the publication of the tender rules for the adjudication of the work with an estimated amount of $125 million was announced. The director of Metro de Panama, Robert Roy, announced that at the end of […]
Holidays are big events in Panama, and November is the pick of the litter for celebratory months. Days off work, colorful traditional clothing, and musical parades… Panamanians dancing up and down the streets in major cities, hosting family parties, and spinning the revelry out as long as they can. Here is a list that Ben […]
Justin and Chris just opened their new venue on the beach in Puerto Armuelles and Susie and I are going to visit and play with the monkey!! Click here to see the video on the Beach Club and Hotel. Next is Weightless !! I have also been watching this guy, French paragliding champion Jean-Baptiste Chandelier who […]
Some one was asleep at the switch when they came of with this one. Shipping and clearing customs can take more than 30 days so how is this going to work?? A bill proposes obliging importers of used vehicles to submit a certificate of technical-mechanical revision and gas control, which must be issued at […]
My friend Joseph Brodsky just set a new record here in Panama. His finca is tucked away in the high mountains west of Volcan and is state of the art. His master pickers insure that they do not overlook the best of the best and his processors control the product from bush to bag to […]
The United States has lifted restrictions on two Panama newspapers wrapped up in money laundering allegations against their owner. U.S. Ambassador John Feeley says in a statement that Abdul Waked transferred his shares in La Estrella de Panama and El Siglo to a foundation. La Estrella reported Monday that its majority stockholder had donated his […]
Perhaps one of the best cruises that Susie and I ever experienced was a Cruise West tour of the Southern Passage in Alaska. Small ship cruising with only a hundred other couples is the way to travel. Even Windstar who cruises our waters of of Costa Rica and Panama compares it to being on your […]
In Panama companies dedicated to the activity are complaining about the absence of a state policy or strategy to help promote the country as a destination for medical tourism at the international level. Although Panama has all the necessary characteristics to make it a relevant market for medical tourism, a specific policy to promote the […]
Susie and I have checked Cartegena and Medellin off of our list of places to see in Colombia and Bogota is next Here is a great list of things to look over when we make our plans. Bring a jacket. Weather in Colombia is not seasonal. It’s so close to the equator that every day is […]
La Grassa. The fat one. Bologna has earned its nickname like no other place on earth. The old city is awash in excess calories, a medieval fortress town fortified with golden mountains of starch and red cannons of animal fat, where pastas gleam a brilliant yellow from the lavish amount of egg yolks they contain […]