“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” - James Dean
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 23rd, 2006
I see that Daihatsu has updated the Terios. I haven’t seen it at the dealer. The new one has a definite Rav4 style to it. When I owned a Terios, I really liked it. I never got less than 34 miles to a gallon. It had a Toyota Yaris 1.3 engine in it. I see [...]
Posted in Panama Journal, Videos on Jul 22nd, 2006
As I was leaving PriceMart today, I noticed some function going on in the field next to the Chiriqui Mall. I went over and saw that they were having a rodeo competition for kids. From the barrel I take it that this is the Rodeo Kids of Panama.
I captured 4 photos and a short video [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 21st, 2006
If you are a Banistmo client then it looks like changes are a coming.
HSBC has boosted its Latin American presence with the $1.8bn (£1bn) takeover of Panama’s Grupo Banistmo.
For the full article, click here.
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 21st, 2006
As I mentioned in “How do you say this in Spanish?” one of the most limiting things an English speaking individual will encounter on moving to Panama or any other non-English speaking country is not speaking that country’s language. For Panama and most Latin American countries you need to learn some Spanish.
Posted in Panama Journal, Videos on Jul 20th, 2006
It is amazing to me how much the temperature drops when we get a hard rain. I bet the current temperature is down in the seventies. I am one of those people that really enjoy a good rain, and I am getting all the pleasure I can handle this afternoon. It is a rain like [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 20th, 2006
I really appreciate your stopping by and spending a little of your precious time perusing Chiriqui Chatter. I hope sometimes you find something of value, sometimes something that makes you smile and sometimes something that makes you think.
Over the time I have been using the Internet for blogging I have gotten to know several other [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 20th, 2006
I went to college in Lubbock, Texas. Lubbock is the home of the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Buddy Holly. Now it appears that it has something else that is making the headlines.
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 19th, 2006
I think I have mentioned before that one of the things I have always wanted to do was to be able to play a guitar. While I was in Panama City I happened to go to a store called Supro in Albrook. They have all sorts of things in their store from exercise equipment, painting [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jul 19th, 2006
A Chiriqui Chatter reader sent me an article showing that Panama rated number five in the Happy Planet Index.
The Happy Planet Index website describes HPI as follows:
The Happy Planet Index is an innovative new measure that shows the ecological efficiency with which human well-being is delivered around the world. It is the first ever index [...]
Posted in Books & Magazines, Panama Journal on Jul 19th, 2006
Among the things I did the last two weeks in Panama City was to visit three of my favorite authors.
The first book I read was “A Time To Kill” by John Grisham. John is one of my favorite authors and this was his first book. I have yet to read one of his books that [...]
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