November 27 2012 Do you Have A Panama Pensionado Visa? Good news. You can now easily get a cedula. Life is much easier in Panama with a cedula. The editor of The Panama Guide, Don Winter, writes this about this new development. "Cool. Now everyone out there who already has a pensionado Read More
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7 Lies Expats Tell Themselves
People who live cross-culturally, for any significant portion of their lives, are often duped. When we first choose to live as foreigners we are prime for the suckering. We are wide-eyed and overflowing with enthusiasm. We soak up everything that Lonely Planet, Rosetta Stone and Wikipedia have Read More
Finance Your Panama Property Purchase – Your Options
Almost all properties purchased in North America are financed. That is not the case in Panama. Well, at least not for properties purchased by foreigners. In Panama, most foreigners buy property with cash. Of course, it isn’t usually a cold hard cash payment. Typically it is paid via a Read More
Panama’s New Plastic Bag Ban A Success!
In my corner of Panama, the new ban on plastic bags appears to be a success. The ban's 1st day was just 5 days ago, July 20th. On that morning, I purchased a few items at Supermercado Puerto Armuelles. Normally, my items would have been bagged in plastic in a blink of an eye. That morning the Read More
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Trash in Panama – Why So Much Litter & How It Is Changing
Environmental awareness is slowly growing in Panama. Government action to counter litter, especially of plastic, is increasing. Clean up efforts by communities are happening much more frequently, Just a few days ago, there was another beach clean up in our town of Puerto Armuelles. How This Read More
“Puerto Armuelles is Reborn”, exclaimed President Varela
February 12, 2019 President Varela was in Puerto Armuelles yesterday. He celebrated the 1st shipment of bananas by Banapiña. 3 thousand boxes of bananas were shipped to the US. Puerto's bananas production is finally in gear again. Background As I've mentioned in previous posts, it has been Read More
Help The Animals of Puerto Armuelles
Thank goodness! A big boost to the health of Puerto's animal population is underway. And it is being done in a wonderfully collaborative effort by Dog Camp Boquete Amigos de Animales of Boquete Panama PUPP: a new group of Puerto expats and local Portenos dedicated to the Read More
Should You Build Your House With M2 in Panama?
I am always exploring building technologies and techniques here in Panama. I enjoy sharing what I have learned. Today, I am sharing my experience using M2. M2 construction panels have the advantages of ease-of-construction and cost savings. And one huge disadvantage, damage to the Read More
Tropical Almonds Video – Fruit-in-Our-Yard series
One day, this past August, my daughters and I did a video of the fruit in our yard. Our yard in Puerto Armuelles, Panama. We were surprised at the number of fruit trees we have. So instead of one long video, we are making 13 short ones. We are producing the videos in them in alphabetical Read More
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