Virgin Coastal Peninsulas, Islands, Beachfront and the incredible lifestyle in the beautiful country of Panama. While I have visited and lived on many islands, the islands and peninsulas that jut out into the Pacific waters of Panama are some of the most majestic and beautiful ones of all. Rugged shorelines, desolate sandy beaches, howler monkeys that come down from […]
In the search for our roots, I continue to come across people of interest who like myself, was born here in the Panama Canal Zone. I came across an individual that appeared in a recent post and I looked her up to see what she does. Born in the American Canal Zone at the Isthmus of Panama, […]
I recently read an article in The Visitante that spoke to one of Panama’s greates resources that is just now being tapped. I have mixed emotions about the subject after watching the fishery in South Florida deteriorate over the 35 years that I lived in South Florida and hope that Panama does not have the […]
I always wondered what Nikki Beach would be doing here in Panama when the development team was announced over a year ago. Well today it looks like they will be doing nothing. At first the news was disappointing that Nikki Beach pulled it name from the project that just opened and then the news […]
Good morning and the top of the day to you where ever you are!! I just finished my morning routine of fixing breakfast and enjoying a cup of coffee from my friend Rich Lipner’s coffee plantation here in Boquete. I just put out some banana and sugar water for the birds that come down out […]
In what could be huge for Panama and Costa Rica Panama´s president is proposing for both countries to join forces by promoting tourism together in order to take advantage of each other´s products. Panama has a huge business sector offering goods and services, free trade zones, etc but lacks Costa Rica’s talent in really doing […]
While we are excited to see the expansion underway here in David to handle direct flight to the US, the new International Airport in Rio Hato will provide a boost to the growing tourism market as it will be served by many all inclusive resorts nearby. The new international airport for Panama’s central provinces is about an hour […]
While people in the US complain that gas prices are horrendous at an average of $3.55 per gallon, try $4.30 per gallon. But since the inflation rate leaves gas and food off the index, I guess that it not hurting anyone back there. It will here, but in Panama most of the population takes mass […]
I could not believe that I would ever see this happening but as reported in CentralAmercaDat.com: Due to poor yields during harvest the country must import about 6 million quintals of coffee in order to supply demand from the local market. The purchase will be made through Bolsa Nacional de Productos (Baisa), arriving the country in […]
This is more testament as to why a few other people think Panama is the place to invest. This is in part due to real estate, hotel development specifically and the duty free zones, which are second to Hong Kong. According to a report by the Comptroller General, the country received $ 2.362 billion in […]