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 […]
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 […]
Here is a great article from CNN where they reported on a surveyed list of the most expensive cities in the world. Looking beyond the top ten, they looked at the bottom and although Saudia Arabia and Iran were at the bottom, Panama ranked third from the lowest cost. Oh well, maybe I’ll try Iran […]
Saturday the 9th of February is the beginning of one of the most popular holiday festivals in Panama. While things are tame here in Boquete, Carnival in the rest of Panama will be in full swing with lots of parties and celebrations. So, you don’t have to go all the way to Brazil to experience […]
I hear this all the time. I can buy that house in Florida for $150,000, why would I pay $250,000 to live in Boquete!! Here is a well written article by Dan Presher at IL on the subject. I just received an email from an International Living subscriber asking a question that is becoming more […]
There was a delicious irony in a group of Boquete citizen-actors producing a play about the residents of an insane asylum producing a play for the other inmates. Cosi, which I saw last Sunday, is one of the funniest and most delightful times I can remember in 30 years of theater going. Thank you Mark […]
Perhaps money really doesn’t buy happiness! A recent survey finds a relatively poor country has some of the world’s happiest people — while the least happy live in one of the wealthiest nations. The Gallup poll ranks Panama as having the “population with the most positive emotions.” Eighty-five percent of Panamanians responded to questions about […]
Things are very busy at our fairgrounds here in Boquete as everyone prepares for the festival that starts in a few days. XLI International Flower and Coffee Fair Date: January 10 to 20, 2013 Location: Boquete District, Chiriquí Province Thursday, January 10, 2013, is the opening day of a fair that brings together the beauty […]
This is incredible and I am so pleased to see this initiative as it will mean a lot to Chiriqui and all of Panama. Go Blue Central America is an interactive map to share with the rest of the world the uniqueness and authenticity of the marine and coastal areas of Central America. The U.S. […]
Panama is starting to look like the Dubai of the Americas and it is often compared with that famous city. This project joins the Biomusio in Amador which was designed by Frank Gehry and is scheduled to open next year. The new convention center, which represents an investment of 149 million euros, seeks to place […]