“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” - James Dean
Posted in ACS Messages on Feb 13th, 2007
THE AMERICAN CITIZENS SERVICES UNIT (ACS) OF THE U.S. EMBASSY CONSULAR SECTION WILL BE CLOSED ON THE LAST WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH FOR ADMINISTRATIVE WORK, STARTING FEBRUARY 2007
The American Citizens Services Unit, Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Panama located in Building 520, Clayton, announces that it will be closed to the public [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 13th, 2007
If you are a gringo living in Latin America or thinking about moving to Latin America, and you aren’t proficient in Spanish, you will have a problem reading the local newspapers. Lucky for you, there is a nice language translation add-on for Firefox that will do a great job on most sites that are written [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 13th, 2007
One thing that I brought back with me from Costa Rica that I really wish I had not is a good case of chigger bites. I remember getting these as a kid sometimes in Oklahoma, but I have been fortunate not to have gotten them many times since.
Discretion prevents me from providing photos of the [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 12th, 2007
A few weeks back, I took several photos of Parque Cervantes, which is scheduled to be reopened during the March David Fair. At that time I had asked if the Mayor was going to do anything about the people that were living in front of the church across the street. I was assured that it [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 12th, 2007
I mentioned yesterday that I made an unexpected trip to Costa Rica last Thursday. Today, I will explain the purpose of the trip. I am not sure how to best describe the time I spent since it was not a joyous occasion.
Panama is my home and one of the reasons I like it here is [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 11th, 2007
I just spent a little time seeing what I have been missing since I have been gone. One of my stops was over to boqueteguide.com. Lee has started a series on his move to Boquete and I read what he has currently posted. To this point I concur with what I have read. My experiences [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 11th, 2007
You may have noticed that I have been away for a few days. I had to make an unexpected trip into Coast Rica driving a car and I thought I would post a little of what was required to do that. The following took place from 9:00AM until about 4:30 PM last Thursday. There was [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 7th, 2007
If you have looked at the Wild Orchid weather site recently, you noticed it wasn’t working. I received an email tonight that it was back online. Click on the above figure to bring up the weather site. The URL is also in the Chiriquí Chatter Link area.
Posted in Panama Journal on Feb 7th, 2007
The Chiriquí baseball team won the championship in Panama City the other day. Last night they received a welcoming celebration in David. I could hear the fireworks going off and could see them from my back balcony. I gave some thought to going and taking some photos, but decided not to fight the crowd.
None the [...]
Posted in Real Estate For Sale or Rent on Feb 6th, 2007
I stopped by the apartments that are under construction in Terronal. The last photos I took are here.
They have made a lot of progress as you can see from the following two photos.
I had some time so I went into the construction area to see what I could learn. I was told that some of [...]
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