Road trip to the Highlands of Panama


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Our trip to the highlands went well last weekend and we had incredible weather.  What’s up with this weather in rainy season, oh well enjoy it while is here because it will not last as the season progresses.   We were at around 7,500 feet up in the park and it was cold in the […]

August 22, 2012

The Exotic Coffee Market


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I can remember when I first came to Panama and here up in the highlands of Boquete where I first tasted an exotic coffee variety called geisha.  WOW, that taste cannot be replicated and is as different as drinking tea, in fact it has a lightness of tea but an aroma that will never leave […]

August 22, 2012

Protecting Panama’s Marine Resourses


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As many of you may know, I am an avid angler who enjoys fishing both deep sea as well as fishing the numerous inshore islands with a small panga here in the gulf of Chiriqui.  I was born here in Panama in 1954 and my father fished these same waters in 1952 through 1955 when […]

August 8, 2012

Boomers Set To Globalize Retirement


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No previous U.S. generation has seen the world change faster and more dramatically than the 76 million Baby Boomers. If you’re one of them, you understand that for many there exists a feeling of being in a special place and time, of seeing and experiencing a myriad of transformations that imbued many with a residing […]

July 23, 2012

Panama’s Ocean Reef is growing!


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Soon to look like this The Panama Guide posted a notice that the contractor had started compaction to the fill that is soon to be the home of the Ocean Reef development here in Panama City.  It is kind of like the island cities in Dubai and no wonder that the back drop is the […]

July 16, 2012

Below Market Balboa Avenue Penthouse for Sale


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This totally remodeled penthouse has 4 bedrooms and 4 bath containing 5,457 square feet of luxury living. The penthouse condo  looks over the city skyline and Pacific ocean of downtown Panama City, Panama. Enjoy a totally remodeled look including granite counter tops, marble floors, Viking appliances, and upgraded plumbing fixtures! Large rooms, high ceilings, and […]

July 16, 2012

Don’t let your Dollars wilt away


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Here is a great article that was published in Prensa about what we are faced with here in Panama as we remain slave to the vagaries of the US dollar. In an article in Prensa.com, Joey Levy discusses the illusion of security of fixed term savings, citing an $10,000 investment giving 6% from 2002 to […]

July 10, 2012

Fall in Coffee Prices Reaches 46%


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This is not good news for major coffee exporters.  Fortunately for many growers here in Boquete they have risen to the top of the pyramid of growing quality coffee that far surpasses the price paid for regular quality coffee.  They have a buying crowd of roasters back in the US and around the world who […]

July 8, 2012

The skies of Latin America are full of planes


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The growth in Latin America is mirrored by the growth of the regions airlines from Copa which is our airline in Panama to LATAM Airlines that became the world’s largest airline last week.  Here is a Wall Street Journal article covering the subject. Commentary: Latin American airlines offer good investment opportunities MIAMI (MarketWatch) — I […]

July 8, 2012