“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” - James Dean
Posted in Panama Journal on Jun 8th, 2007
I know a few people living in Panama that live in apartments like I do and complain that they don’t have enough space to grow things. Well nature in Panama can provide you the opportunity to grow and harvest living things in a limited amount of space. Nothing is impossible. You just have to be [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Mar 13th, 2007
Yesterday I was out on a ride to Playa La Barqueta and since I wasn’t driving I was able to look at the scenery. We were driving beside this field that was fenced and it finally registered that this wasn’t a normal for where I come from in the US. I have seen it so [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Mar 12th, 2007
I have been thinking about taking a drive to the Chiriquí Grande area since I had learned of the humanitarian work that the US was doing in that area. I had met Col. Jones and several of his team in David and had told him I would be interested in seeing what they were doing. [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Jan 2nd, 2007
The following came from on one of the Yahoo Panama Groups. The author wrote this to balance some of the “Panama is Perfect in every way” posts that are portrayed on the commercial (for profit) websites and sometimes on the Panama Yahoo groups. Panama is not for everyone. If you are considering Panama as a [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Dec 9th, 2006
I know that many people picture one of the benefits of moving to a Latin American country being the cheap labor and the ability of having a full or part time maid. Well it is and it isn’t.
La Gringa’s current maid adventures have reminded me.
After you live here a while you forget some of the [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Nov 12th, 2006
As you know, if you have followed this blog for a while, I try to get out on Sundays and go some where. Today, I was about ready and went to my closet to get my shoes. Now I hadn’t used these shoes for over a month and I thought I wanted some comfortable shoes [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Oct 26th, 2006
Today I came upon an interesting piece of information on one of the Yahoo bulletin boards. Credit goes to “Leo” for knowing about this and sharing the information.
I am sure that you know that Helen of Troy is recognized as a lady of such beauty, that her face launched a thousand ships and she is [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Oct 25th, 2006
This week there was a tragic accident in Panama City with a bus catching fire resulting in 18 deaths and multiple injuries. I am not sure that the word accident is the proper word to use because it implies that it was unavoidable.
I do not believe this is the case. I have repeatedly warned [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Sep 22nd, 2006
Having a maid in Panama is not as much a luxury as it would be in the US. In the US your house is pretty much a closed system these days. It was only on the rarest occasions that I remember having my windows open in any of the houses I lived in after I [...]
Posted in Panama Journal on Aug 18th, 2006
When I read the Yahoo groups, one question that comes up again and again is how the cost of living compares with some area of the part of the world the person is living in. I really think that cost of living is a single item to consider, but let me ramble a bit and [...]
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