Posted in Dentists, Healthcare on Feb 22nd, 2007
On January 29th I wrote about a new dental clinic called Dental Esthetic. I had my first appointment today with Doctor Miriam Rodriguez. I thought I would give you my impression now that I have more experience.
First her clinic is brand new and located in Plaza Mallorca. I was interested in finding a specialist that [...]
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Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 21st, 2007
Hmmmm. I think that Lee’s Boquete Guide, Jerry’s Panama End Point and my Chiriquí Chatter just got slammed.
I just found the following advertisement in a Craig’s List ad.
not another blog where the author vomits up the insipid details of his hellish life. a real gonzo travel guide offering straight-up tales of tropical panama.
Of course I [...]
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Posted in Software on Feb 21st, 2007
The title notifies you that this is one of those posts that sometimes annoys some of my readers and sparked an interesting comment session not too long ago. Just thought I would warn you in case you wanted to skip this post and continue reading elsewhere.
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Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 20th, 2007
I just noticed that the David Gringos Yahoo group is meeting this Thursday at 7:00 PM at Panama Bills. The last time I went to Panama Bills was in 2005 and I vowed I would not go back, but according to the Yahoo announcement,
They have new owners and lower prices. They are working on making [...]
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Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 18th, 2007
Sunday again and I needed to get out. After only five seconds I ruled out Boquete. There is no way I wanted to fight the traffic going to Dolega. Volcan seemed like a good idea, so off we went. We got off a little late and arrived in Volcan about 2:30 PM and well past [...]
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Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 18th, 2007
About 4:15 PM yesterday both of my PC’s UPSs started screaming, the fan died and the television went off. It was a power outage in David. As it turns out it was only in our neighborhood.
Across the street and toward El Rey from the apartment building I have taken photos of many times they were [...]
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Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 17th, 2007
Once you are here for a period of time many things that you take for granted were not obvious to you on your initial visit of when you first moved to Panama. If you are coming to Panama for the first time you might think that traveler’s checks are the best thing to provide you [...]
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Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 15th, 2007
Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 14th, 2007
Once again Carnival time in Panama is approaching. Officially I think it begins this Saturday and runs through the following Tuesday. Many businesses will be closed. Some will be closed the entire week. This is not a good time to need your local doctor or vet or have other emergencies. Many people leave their home [...]
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Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 13th, 2007
Well at least tonight they won’t deliver. I called and they said they had all the deliveries they could handle for the evening. They would be glad to make a pizza if I would pick it up. I guess I wasn’t supposed to eat pizza tonight because I am not going out anymore [...]
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