Chiriquí Chatter

I hope that La Gringa, who writes La Gringa’s Blogicito, realizes that imitation and plagiarism is two of the highest forms of complements.
I try to stay tuned into La Gringa’s blog because she lives in Honduras and it is interesting to me to see problems and issues in other Latin American countries that are have [...]

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Here is the latest ACS message:
American Consul and U.S. Immigration Officials to Visit Chiriquí
Attention U.S. citizens
An American consul and officials for Citizenship and Immigration Services from the United States will be in Chiriquí to offer certain services to American citizens during the following schedule:
Monday, April 2, 2007
David, Hotel Nacional de David, from 09:00 a.m. to [...]

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The other day I received an email from someone in the US whose parents had moved to Boquete. He and his brother were concerned because they hadn’t heard from their folks in six weeks and didn’t know how to contact them. I sent an email to Lee, at Boquete Guide, and he tracked down a [...]

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Today was the day for the Cabalgata de David (i.e. the David Horse Parade). There were between 2,000 and 3,000 horsed in the parade. As with all parades, this has a big turnout. I think as much as anything the people come to see their friends and family as well as the horses. This is [...]

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If you haven’t been by the BOOKMARK lately you should know that the BOOKMARK is operating under a limited schedule. Harold de Mun is currently convalescing in Panama while undergoing treatment for Cancer. Hal will complete his current medical workups at the Oncological Hospital this Thursday and will return to Dolega while he waits for [...]

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Today is El Día de San José, the Patron Saint of David. I will probably feel like horsing around a little this afternoon, so there is a possibility of photos tomorrow.
Incase you missed Lilia’s comment describing today’s activities, I will repost it here.
Hello Don:
The starting position for the horse parade is the vacant lot [...]

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I received the following email from one of the Chiriquí Chatter Readers. If you know the answer to the question, leave a comment or email me and I will forward it to the reader.
From:
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 10:54 AM
To:
Subject: fair
Thanks Don, for your photos. I couldn’t get to the fair this year although [...]

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This is another collaborative effort. The first collaborative is here. Unfortunately my friend Jerry (AKA Panama End Point Owner) got to do all the eating and drinking and I get to write and drool.
Jerry said he enjoyed everything he had. However, he also said he kept the margaritas coming, so his judgment may have been [...]

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Well, this isn’t going to be easy. I went to the fair today and took over 150 photos. I have put all of the photos in the Chiriquí Chatter photo album. The challenge is to choose a subset to give you a flavor of what the David fair is like.
I really had a great time [...]

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While I was looking at web sources this morning that have links to Chiriquí Chatter, I found a new site that is oriented to Chiriquí and with a lot of specific information to David. It is called El Chiricano Webzine. It is in Spanish so if you are Spanish challenged, as I am, you my [...]

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