In September, IPAT opened up an office of Tourism in Puerto Armuelles. The new tourism office is located in the Super Yen mini mall, which is across the street from San Antonio Catholic Church and school in downtown Puerto Armuelles.
With the opening of the first IPAT offices here in Puerto Armuelles, the Tourism Ministry obviously wants to make itself more accessible to tourists in Puerto Armuelles. This is excellent news for Puerto.
Any government program to promote Puerto Armuelles is welcome. For years, the town has been sort of the “Cinderella” step-child of Panama—a secret beauty who has been kept hidden in a dark corner of the kitchen.
The Tourism Ministry says that it is stepping up efforts to promote tourism in order to create jobs for Panamanians in Puerto Armuelles.
Their technique, in the short term at least, is to invite local business owners to set up tables at the next Puerto Armuelles fair. The ideas is that these business owners will advertise and sell directly to the public.
They have encouraged all interested parties to reach out to folks in other parts of Panama, particularly in Chiriqui, to connect with the already developed tourist areas such as Boquete and Volcan.
On a Wednesday afternoon in September, the Panamanian Ministry of Tourism (IPAT) hosted a meeting of local hotel and restaurant owners, and anyone else interested in talking about how to promote tourism here in Puerto Armuelles.
It is a wonderful coincidence that this meeting took place the same week that Heavenly’s Hotel was sold to a group of hoteliers/tourism promoters from Boquete.
I went to the meeting. There were perhaps 25 of us at the meeting, half from IPAT, and half local business owners.
The 2nd meeting of the group was at the fair grounds, where participating businesses have been asked to come and decide where they would like to put their display booths, any new ideas, etc. (I did not attend that meeting since we don't plan on having a booth.)
In total, there are to be 3 of these planning meetings to gather ideas from local businesses and open up an ongoing dialogue.
There were 2 local expat businesses present at the 1st meeting, including myself. We each had the same suggestion.
We need an ongoing campaign to encourage Portenos to stop being such “litter bugs”.
In short, litter hurts tourism.
This message was recognized by the committee, and was talked about at length.
Coincidentally, I had just gone to the local radio station, Radio Mi Preferida, earlier that same day to discuss the same issue, litter. I asked the station to donate air time as part of a campaign to educate local people about the negative economic and environmental impact of littering.
Fortunately, the owner of the radio station, Professor Mora, was also at the tourism meeting that afternoon.
Professor Mora heard the plea for a new no-littering radio campaign. If I don’t get a chance to see him this afternoon, I will stop by the radio station within the next week or so and see how he plans to help out.
Litter is a problem all over Panama; not just in Puerto Armuelles.
It is easy to keep it under control on the beaches, just with a few minutes a day of “litter patrolling” by local hotels and home owners with beach property.
However, if we want to get at the root of the problem, we have to start with education. It is hard to get anyone to change their old habits. I think a educational radio campaign is the ideal place to start. Most locals listen to Radio Mi Preferida on a daily basis. And often for most of the day.
To be honest, I missed the 1st hour of the meeting on Wednesday. I was attending the regular Wednesday expat social hour at the new Big Daddy’s Beach Resort and Hotel. So I am not sure if there had been any talk about Internet advertising of tourism in Puerto.
For those of you reading this this online post, you are probably aware that the Internet is an excellent way to communicate quickly to an audience. However, as with government programs in any country (think the US Postal Service), change in Panama is slow.
My guess is that it will take some time before tourism here in Puerto Armuelles is extensively promoted online by the government.
At this time, Puerto Armuelles is not even mentioned on the Panama's tourism website: visitpanama.com. Of course, Boquete, Volcan, and Pedasi are not mentioned on Panama's Tourism website either. Although, their site does include information on Bocas del Tour, Panama City, and other places.
The good news is that we are here to pass the word along for them!
If we can assist the Ministry of Tourism to help get Puerto Armuelles “rockin” again, we are all in!
(I am sure that this is the unanimous feeling among all local business owners.)
Thanks for reading,
Reyn
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Betsy: Sheryl moved to Puerto Armuelles, Panama about a year ago.
In this video, she shares her experience and advice on shipping your stuff to Panama. Sheryl didn't want to be videotaped, so you'll hear her, but you won't see her.
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You seem to be an expert on shipping your stuff down to Panama. Tell us what do think somebody who's thinking about moving to Panama should know about shipping?
Sheryl: When I decided I was gonna move to Panama, my next big question was,
"Am I gonna take anything or am I gonna leave it all here and start over again in Panama?"
And of course, for me I don't have an abundance of money, so it's a matter of economics.
Can I afford to ship to Panama? Do I have to leave all this stuff, even the furniture my father made for me that I love looking at? My car that is so reliable? And what should I do?
Of course, you look on all these forums, and you see people saying, "Don't bring anything. Just start all over again. It's too expensive. It's way too expensive. Bringing your car is too much of a hassle. You just stay all day at the port, and you just have to stand there in the scorching sun all day."
Those things weren't very promising in terms of bringing it.
Then I started checking prices for shipping.
And in the United States, the shippers make it like super, super hard to get that information.
They won't just quote you a price over the phone. They want to come to your house. They want to check it out. They ask you a gazillion questions. "What do you have here? How many rooms? What are you doing?"
And then they end up quoting you something like $11,000 to $14,000 from door to door. From door in the United States, to door in Panama. And that was just wasn't gonna happen. Just was not gonna happen.
I got so tired of dealing with these shippers.
And then one day I found something, a shipper called icontainers.com. Icontainers.com.
They're actually a company out of Spain, and they don't deal with all that malarkey about, "How many rooms? How many pieces of furniture? How many this? How many that?"
They'll quote you a price. "Do you want a 20 foot container? Or do you want a 40 foot container." It doesn't matter how many pieces of furniture you got.
It doesn't matter the weight. All they wanna know: 20 or 40 foot container.
Betsy: That's simple
Sheryl: Very simple. They ask you where you're moving from, and the port you're shipping to. And then they give you a quote immediately.
They send a truck to your house, it's up to you to load it or get friends to help you load it. Or in my case, I just hired a local moving company to load all my furniture, all my household goods, and my car. 'Cause it was a lot easier for me.
Ports of destination, where it's moving from, where it's going to is gonna make a difference.
If you're about 2 hours from a port, your house is like 2 hours from a port, a 20 foot container is gonna run you about $2,700. And a 40 foot container is gonna run you about $3,100.
Now, I can't say those will be the same prices if you're shipping out of Kansas, because that's a long haul for a truck driver to take from Kansas to a port, so you would just have to go online, and get the quote online. You can call them. They're very friendly and they'll just give you the price.
Sheryl: Then the next question was,
"Take my car, or don't take my car?"
I knew I had a super reliable car, but you read all this stuff on the forums, "Oh it's too much haul. It's too expensive. Blah, blah, blah."
But, you know, it's not true.
I shipped my car in my 40 foot container, along with my household goods.
There are 2 ways. I came in on a Pensionados Visa.
On a Pensionados Visa, I could've done a situation where I didn't pay any taxes on the car coming in because it was over 7 years old.
However, if you do that, it puts you into a different process where they will keep your car for 2 -3 weeks. And you have to pay the daily cost on it. Storage.
My customs lady, and it's very important to have a very good customs lady who gets back to you with all your questions immediately, calculated the cost of what I would pay if I paid all of the duties.
Not just the tax, but tax and all the duties versus what it would cost me to go through the other process for a Pensionados Visa.
What people don't say on all these forums is that with the Pensionados Visa you have to hire an attorney to do half of the customs work to bring it in duty free. And you have to pay a customs person to do the other half. Then you have the daily storage fees.
By the time you calculate all these costs, you compare it with what would happen if you just paid the full amount of duties, it came out to be about $150 difference.
What do I want? Do I want my car in two days? Or do I wanna wait 2-3 weeks and go through some hassles?
Needless to say, I paid that $150 extra dollars.
My car and my container arrived in Panama City on a Wednesday. It was here in Puerto Armuelles by that following Saturday.
The same Saturday. Same week. Got the car off. Got all the goods in. Piece of cake.
A good customs agent will also help you find local moving companies from Panama City to wherever you're moving.
Bringing my car here was one of the best things I ever did.
They say you have a lot of problems with parts and everything else.
Paso Canoas Car Part Stores
Well, here in Puerto Armuelles, we live very, very close to the border, called the Frontera or Paso Canoas. And there are these huge, huge car parts places, stores down there. It's huge.
And I did need to get some parts for my car. They'd finally worn out.
I went right down to Paso Canoas, for my Honda. It was a Honda. Went right down to Paso Canoas, they had the car parts, they put right in. No problem.
Anybody even that lives anywhere in the Chiriquí region, before you freak out and think you have to go to a dealership or you have to go somewhere else, check with Paso Canoas first. Because chances are those big parts stores will have the part that you need.
Betsy: Okay, that's good.
Sheryl: Yeah.
Betsy: Thank you.
Sheryl: Thank you.
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I bought my property long before I retired and moved here, but I made frequent trips to “window shop”, as they say.
I selected the delightful beach community of Puerto Armuelles as my retirement haven. I have never looked back.
I retired from my real job to my hobbies – and there are many. I am well suited to entertaining myself. And that is fortunate as Puerto Armuelles is almost completely void of entertainment.
I do not consider eating out a pleasant pastime. There are several excellent restaurants in our community, but since cooking is one of my hobbies, I prefer to prepare my own.
There are no movie theaters (rely on your DVD collection or Netflix) and the closest “mall shopping” is a 30 to 40 minute drive from Puerto Armuelles. Although, with our new 4-lane road the drive is much more pleasant (it used to be only 2-lanes).
There are movie theaters in David, but mostly in Spanish and reportedly the sound system is awful. I would not know as I do not care to drive 1 ½ hours to watch a movie when I can sit in the comfort of my home with Netflix!
Panama cable television is primarily in Spanish with a few English channels – I tried it for a while, but just did not derive enough benefit. Reruns of programs that I had no interest in the first time around!
Cell phones are the primary means of communication. Almost the entire country relies on Whatsapp. Whatsapp is a free application that allows people to talk and text, send photos or videos, etc.
Best of all if you are outside the country and have your phone, your WhatsApp will continue to work as it does in Panama. At least it does in Canada, the United States and Colombia – that I can attest to. I have no reason to doubt that it works the same elsewhere.
Panama is not a country of seasons – it is always hot! While it does cool off pretty quickly at night – if you are outside a major city – because there is little concrete – including paved roads, it will always be warm during the day.
In the mountains it is cooler, but it is also rainier.
The beaches are delightful here in Puerto Armuelles. And there is always some shell collecting to be done.
The tide drop is huge and I generally take advantage of this to walk on the firmer wet sand for exercise. Slogging through dry sand is its own special type of intense workout.
Find out what is and isn’t available to you in Panama.
Not everything you are accustomed to finding easily in your “home” location is readily available in Panama.
If you have items and/or services (reliable high speed internet springs to mind) you “cannot live without” then you may possibly want to reconsider your decision to move here, learn to live without some of those luxuries, or adapt to what is available here.
Fruits and vegetables are readily available from truck vendors in our town. Many of them drive through the neighborhoods, which I find extremely convenient!
Fish
There is a fish market is in town. But again, there are also neighborhood vendors. The fish you buy was generally caught last night. The boats go out at night and return in the mornings.
Do not let them convince you that a rooster fish is good to eat – it is not. I am not sure I would even want to make a soup with it!
Red fish, tilapia, shrimp in season, lobster in season, tuna, mackerel are some of the more readily available varieties.
Small stores
The small grocery stores, called tiendas, are generally well stocked, albeit in the small size. They are a handy source for staples – chicken, rice, sugar, milk, onions, carrots, green peppers, etc. None of the tiendas near my house sell beer, but they may in other areas.
Goods from USA
PriceSmart (like Costco), and supermarkets such as El Rey/Romeros, Super 99, Extra (I am told), Dorado (I am told) and several other stores seem to be adding more and more U. S. items to their shelves.
That being said, you must remember that just because you find it one day does not mean you will find it again at a later date. Sometimes it is really hit or miss. If you find it, buy it is a good rule of thumb.
If internet is important to you, be sure there is availability in the area you are considering.
Not much has changed in the last several years in the way of improved service, if you are considering living outside a major city. While there have been some improvements, a lot must still be done to improve the standard of Internet service in the outlying areas of Panama.
The dogs roam freely here as many are compelled to forage for their food.
The dogs are sometimes a noise issue. Learn to sleep with ear plugs or put a pillow over your head!
Panamanians like their music loud!
There is a law in our town and you can call the police who may or may not come to your aide. The police are required to take down the name, address and identification number of the person in violation and report that to the local Corregiduria for further action. Eventually, the neighborhood will be quieter, but it does take some effort. I just learned to basically tune it out.
Panamanians love to celebrate their independence from both Spain and Colombia (both events occur in November). The school bands start practicing well in advance!
I love the enthusiasm and the parades. It reminds me of the 1950s when people weren’t so consumed with their lives and had time for family activities and major celebrations.
Panamanians typically view Gringos as ATMs. They think that all Gringos are rich.
I have been told that the preachers in some churches have told their congregations, if a Gringo has it and you want it, just take it. I cannot personally vouch for that, because my Spanish is not that developed and I do not attend the “local” (read that, neighborhood) churches.
Panamanians also have little regard for borrowed property. If you loan something, you will have to ask for it back. And it will not always come back in the same condition. There will be no offer of repair, replace or reimbursement.
/panama/frustration-employees-appointments-electricity-internet/Best rule of thumb – if you don’t want to be without it, don’t lend it.
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Below is a partial list of some recent positive developments in Puerto
(Please note: We are investors and builders here. Plus we really love our town. So our views are bound to be biased. We encourage you to ask others familiar with Puerto Armuelles for their views).
Obviously, the biggest news is that Del Monte is actively preparing to use the old Chiquita Banana plantation lands.
We are told that work has already begun to restore the plantations to an arable state.
All signs seem to point to Del Monte successfully setting up shop here in Puerto Armuelles.
However, I tend to agree with my Panamanian neighbor, who says he won't truly believe that Del Monte is coming to Puerto Armuelles, “until I have tasted my first locally grown Del Monte banana”.
The issue is that there is too little access to reliable news about this deal. For the most part, you need to rely on what you read in the political party-controlled national news.
Please read our other posts on Del Monte in Puerto Armuelles.
Regardless, I believe that there is much more than “just a banana deal” underway in Puerto Armuelles.
It has recently become more difficult to find a good mason in Puerto Armuelles. This is good news.
The reason for this is because the construction of a modern new hospital has required the hiring of numerous skilled masons, electricians, plumbers, welders, etc…
This project is predicted to take two years to complete. Read more about Puerto Armuelles new hospital here.
I am looking forward to rehiring one of my favorite masonry workers when the masonry phase of construction at the hospital is complete.
All of that digging up of our local roadways appears to be bearing fruit, as the improved fresh water supply and waste water removal systems are starting to come online.
Granted, the final waste water disposal plant, a couple of miles south of town, is not yet up and running. But, there is noticeable improvement to our fresh water supply, and pressure. It seems almost inevitable that both systems will soon be complete.
At the entrance into town, there is now a big new Terpel brand gas & service station.
This might not seem too significant; after all it’s just a gas station.
However, when the main national fuel brand decides to build a large new gas station, with a mini mart and an automotive repair shop, right at the main entrance to a town, it's a good sign for future development.
I imaging that the executives at Terpel are privy to more development information than the rest of us. The fact that the big players are purchasing strategic pieces of Puerto Armuelles, can only be considered a positive growth indicator.
The gas station was completed late last year. Now, almost suddenly, a large traffic circle, right in front of the gas station, is nearly complete (see photo).
The traffic circle (or roundabout) is a good choice for this busy 3-way intersection.
Unlike past traffic improvements, the traffic circle looks like the kind of quality forward-thinking decision that is made when it is known that car traffic will definitely be increasing. The last time that this sort of planning took place in Puerto Armuelles was when Chiquita Banana Co. was here.
As I have mentioned in previous posts, in 2006, when our family arrived in Puerto Armuelles, literally a third of the downtown retail shops were closed and their store fronts covered with plywood (the look was like New Orleans, post Hurricane Katrina).
Fast forward 11 years:
In all cases, it is crystal clear that local business owners are now willing to invest in their town again. In my conversations with local business owners, they have told me that they now feel confident about expanding their business and even opening new ones.
So it is not just Del Monte and the Government investing in Puerto Armuelles. It is local and outside of Puerto business people too. Private investment of this scale builds its own momentum.
It seems clear that Puerto Armuelles is on an up escalator.
Another sign of the increased activity in Puerto is the very noticeable increase in the number of the 'For Rent' signs you now see. As well as a few more 'For Sale' signs.
In the past, people who were looking for a rental, just asked around. News of rentals was mostly word of mouth. There weren't many rentals, but there weren't many people looking for rentals anyway.
Now that has changed.
A new influx of Del Monte employees are coming in, and more are expected. But it is more than Del Monte workers. More people, both expats and Panamanians, are coming to Puerto Armuelles looking for rentals. As well as property to purchase.
So now people who had not considered being landlords, are preparing vacant houses for rent. Landlords who have rented out houses, are now turning those houses into duplexes to capture the increased demand.
Also, since there are now there are more buyers, more sellers want it to be known that they are willing to sell. That is why you see more for sale signs as well.
Of course, many people here do not want to sell. People here generally love Puerto Armuelles. As a general rule, Portenos only leave Puerto if they cannot find work here.
Along with the increased demand for services comes, obviously, an increased demand for places to dine out. There have been new restaurants sprouting up all over town.
Of course, not all are of a quality that is of interest to most expats. However, there are a few good, but not great,places to eat out.
Most recently, we have a new chain restaurant, Rosti Pollo. I have not eaten there yet.
I could add many more development details. But I will close with a couple that appeal to me personally.
First, there is an expat woman, Joan, who is opening a yoga retreat center here in Puerto Armuelles. She is opening it in partnership with the Tsunami Inn, which is located in the San Vicente neighborhood.
Joan is a yoga practitioner who was looking for a retirement business, as well as a retirement location that really attracted her. She chose Puerto Armuelles.
Betsy and I have both taken yoga classes in the past, so we are especially interested in the arrival of such an opportunity. Please see Betsy’s video interview of Joan here.
I recently learned about another great development. Milton Hutto, owner of Heavenly’s Hotel, is purchasing a 30' boat for use by visitors. I did not ask him for details when he mentioned this, because we were having a planning meeting for the upcoming Flea market/artisan market on September 2 at Heavenly’s Hotel.
Which is anther sign of the times. On the 1st Saturday of every month, Puerto Armuelles will now have a artisan & flea market. The first one is in just a few days, Sept. 2nd, 2017. You can learn more about The Puerto Armuelles Saturday Market here.
I am thrilled that Milton is getting a boat as a first step to kick off a marine tourism business here in Puerto Armuelles. In addition, he will be creating a floating dining area, on the sea, just outside his hotel/restaurant. His hotel is located in the San Vicente neighborhood.
We have plans to open a small boat launch at the Corazon De Oro development. However, we are waiting to see how many people are interested. We have already heard from 5 or 6 that say they are.
Currently, we are focussed on building our first Living In Panama House. We have had nothing but positive feedback from the people who have visited the site. Click to see the 1st phase of construction of the Living in Panama House.
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I (Reyn) decided to walk down the beach to investigate. Betsy suggested that I take her camera to get video of this unusual event. Hopefully the video came out okay.
There had been pretty good surf for over a week in Puerto Armuelles. It being a Sunday we sometimes see surfers from Playa La Barqueta (near David) here. These, mostly young, Panamanians drive to Puerto Armuelles to surf when their own break is too big and “gnarly” to ride.
Since Puerto Armuelles is sheltered by Punta Burica from the prevailing southwest swell, we have more days without waves than less protected surf locations.
On the other hand, when the surf gets big and and ugly at other spots, we still have a relatively playful wave suitable for less than expert surfers.
Plus, our beach is always safe for swimmers.
Playa La Barqueta is generally considered to be too dangerous for swimmers. There are annual reports of swimmers and even beach walkers drowning at La Barqueta.
I have body surfed at La Barqueta before, and it was intense. I would never swim there without swim fins; The current is too strong.
So, it was Sunday, and the waves had been pretty good all week. But still 12 surfers in the water was an all time record for Puerto.
“What was up?” I wondered. I walked up to a woman surfer standing on the beach and asked her “why the big crowd?”
She explained that the entire Chiriqui Surf Club just happened to be holding a big get-together this Sunday. They caravaned down from David to surf in Puerto Armuelles. This was not a regular event.
Secretly, I was relieved that our “old guy surfers’ paradise” had not been discovered by the mainstream surf population. Yes, it’s true. Even we old guy surfers have a hard time sharing our local surf spot with a sudden invasion of out-of-towners.
Not surprisingly, when I went surfing at the same spot on Monday morning, I was the only surfer in the water. Victor, an expat who lives nearby and who surfs every morning, is out of town, or there would have been 2 of us.
The waves were still 3-4 foot, as they had been on Sunday, but they were much cleaner. This is the kind of surf session that I treasure in Puerto Armuelles.
In all honesty, conditions are often flat here even during our surf season of June- November.
If you take a look at the video, the waves I filmed are pretty good size for our area. I would say 3-4 feet. We definitely have more flat days in Puerto than we have days like this.
However, even when the waves are small, our swell is generally a lot cleaner than the waves pictured (not so many closeouts).
We generally have glassy morning surf with nice peeling rides….even if the waves are only waist high they are often clean and “rippable”.
Puerto Armuelles is definitely not a destination surf spot. However, if you are a surfer, or you would like to learn, there is uncrowded small surf at many locations here.
Plus, within a half hour drive (Manaca) or boat ride, you can get into some big waves, if that’s what you are looking for.
I generally surf right at our local break at Corazon de Jesus, when there are waves.
If the ocean is flat, I swim.
Surfing is exhilarating. Swimming is relaxing. Both help remind me of how lucky I am to be living here.
Thanks for reading
Reyn
To learn more about Puerto Armuelles, start here.
With Puerto Armuelles, there are now 3 towns in the Chiriqui Province with monthly or weekly markets.
In fact, some of the vendors from both the Volcan and Boquete Markets will be selling their wares at the Puerto Armuelles Saturday Market.
We hope to grow as big as the Boquete Tuesday Market is today. But as someone who went to it years ago, Boquete's Tuesday Market was not always as big as it is today.
Puerto's Saturday Market will be held at Heavenly's Hotel. Heavenly's Hotel is a beachfront hotel in the San Vicente Neighborhood of Puerto Armuelles.
It is easy to find. And there are signs giving directions to the hotel on the way. The image below has a map with the route to Heavenly's Hotel marked in red.
On sunny days, it is an outside event. On rainy days, it will move inside.
I also have directions to Puerto Armuelles via this link.
8am to 1pm on 1st Saturday of every month
If you have something you want to sell, you are welcome to sell it at the Saturday Market.
There is no charge to set up your table. But you do need to bring your own table and chairs.
Will you be at the market?
A baker from Boquete, Morton's Bakery, will be here too. If you want to pre-order from him, let me know and I will send you the menu/price list and pre-order contact info. You must get your pre-order to him by Thursday.
If you have any household goods or other items you want to donate, there will be a donation table. All proceeds will go to benefit the monthly spay and neuter clinic of Puerto Armuelles.
I made a video about the spay and neuter clinic of Puerto Armuelles.
I hope to see you on Saturday!
For more information, please comment below.
or contact Milton @ 6843-3250 or Sheryl @ 6828-2605
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And, it is going up very quickly.
This one is going to be our display house. Which we, and perhaps interested buyers, can use for the weekend or longer.
If you have explored our Living in Panama House, you will know that we were only offering 1300 sq. feet 2 and 3-bedroom homes.
However, we have had a number of inquiries from people who would like a smaller version of our Living in Panama House. They say they don't need much room and they want to simplify their lives.
So we decided to offer a smaller, 1000 sq. foot, 1-bedroom model. This smaller model can also be configured as a 2 bedroom home.
Of course, we have also had a few people asking if we can build a 3000 sq. foot model, but far fewer than the smaller house contingent.
Find out more about the Living In Panama House here
We invite you to come and watch the house while it is under construction.
Come back and see it when it is done too.
We want to give you a chance to walk around in the spaces and experience the Living In Panama House yourself. This will help you decide not only if a Living in Panama House is right for you, but what size and configuration is the best fit.
We hope that you can come to visit us in Puerto Armuelles soon and check out the Living in Panama House for yourself.
In the video above, you can see the initial stages of the Living in Panama House under construction. You also catch glimpses of our beautiful Corazon de Oro property where the house is located.
Video Transcript
Enjoy this speeded version of our first Living In Panama House being built.
Our Living in Panama House was designed for the tropics and for you to customize. We build the superstructure for you. That is - roof, walls, electrical, water, and the like and you put in the finishes - or have a recommended contractor do it for you.
This 1 bedroom model is being built on our beautiful Corazon de Oro property in the charming beach town of Puerto Armuelles. The info card in the upper right is a link to a video showing more of these gorgeous beach properties.
We just started this house and it is going up very quickly. I will create another video when it is fully constructed.
For more information on the Living in Panama House, Corazon de Oro properties, or the charming beach town of Puerto Armuelles, go to our site LivinginPanama.com. Explore the information there, or contact us directly.
Puerto Armuelles is not a tourist destination, per se. There isn't much nightlife.
It is a wonderful place just to be.
Thanks for watching.
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More recently, there has been a weather station in David.
But now, finally, there is a weather station in Puerto Armuelles!
We can thank Brenda and Don of the Tsunami Inn for it.
Brenda and Don started visiting Puerto Armuelles years ago. They even bought property.
More recently, they moved down full-time and became part-owners of the Tsunami Inn.
The Tsunami Inn is one of 2 beach hotels in the San Vicente neighborhood of Puerto Armuelles.
Brenda and Don, particularly Don, were also bothered that there was no weather station in Puerto Armuelles. They had had a weather station when they were living in Tool, Texas. So they set one up here.
You can see it in the image above. It is attached to their home, which is on the grounds of the Tsunami Inn.
Brenda made 2 observations about the weather station.
So keep that in mind when you look at the results of their weather station.
Okay, so how can you use the weather station to find out the weather in Puerto Armuelles.
I also have the widget for Puerto Armuelles's weather station on this site. Look in the sidebar on this post.
The information also appears in the sidebar of all my 'About Puerto Armuelles' pages.
If you are interested about the climate and weather in Panama, I wrote a detailed article about the weather in Panama here.
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