In a great article in USA Today, people on a cruise explore the Panama Canal from the perspective of a Celebrity Cruise line ship that makes the transit. PANAMA CANAL, Panama — It’s barely an hour after daybreak when the Celebrity Millennium enters Balboa Harbor near Panama City, leaving the Pacific Ocean behind, but already […]
My friend David Stubbs wrote a great article in the Live and Invest Overseas blog on his perspective of Panama. David is a major developer in Costa Rica where he currently lives. He now does business in Panama where he and Lief Simon are developing the Los Islotes project in the Azuero and in this […]
Ritz Carlton describes the Reserve resort as “A discovery of cultural riches that awaits you in the most breathtaking corners of the world”. They have resorts in Phulay Bay in the Philippines, Muscat in Oman, Tamuda Bay in Morocco, and a few locations in this hemisphere. Joining the ranks will be Pearl Island here in […]
A friend of mine has established a great web site for potential expats to seek out and research where the right for place might be for them to retire. Interesting that he chose Panama as the first place to establish his research. And even more interesting is his choice of Boquete as a main region. […]
I follow Doug Casey and the gang at Casey Research because he is another believer in getting one foot across the border. Here is a sobering fact he raises about the historical rate of inflation and its impact our your future. At the end there is a video interview on why “You MUST get assets […]
Another headline might be Gran Carretera vs. Mesoamerican Biological Corridor One needs to keep in mind the importance of protecting this fragile corridor that runs the length on Panama along the Atlantic coast before getting too excited about the development potential it opens up. This has been a proposal for 30 years now almost every […]
Let me take you on a journey to the Islands off of the Chiriqui coast starting from our recent visit to Isla Palenque or as I call it, “Fantasy Island”. I could never get tired of this place as it is so beautiful and there are so many diverse areas and eco systems both on […]
Tom Brymer While Panama City is constantly in the news with all that is going on in this metropolis, another area of Panama that has also gained a lot of attention over the years is the town of Boquete in the Western highlands and the province of Chiriqui. AARP has listed Boquete as one of […]
These notices are worth watching if you are looking to invest in land. While lot of the good buys were made years ago on the Caribbean coast, there are still plenty of great properties to invest in. With scenery like this, it is not hard to figure on how the roadway connectivity on this coast […]
Whether it is a marina, mining operation or a hydro electric plant, presidential candidate, Juan Carlos Varela claims that if he is elected the new president of Panama, he will have prepared for audit, all of the concessions granted during the Martinelli administration and some for possible revision. WOW, that would normally shake most investors […]