"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."-James Dean
Sep 09
If you live in Panama, or are considering living in Panama, then you most likely are keeping up on the pending release of Manuel Antonio Noriega. Here is a URL to an article in the New York Times entitled “Our Man in Panama”, authored by Everett Ellis Briggs. Everett Ellis Briggs was the United [...]
Aug 25
Looks like Noriega may be heading to France and not to see the Eiffel Tower.
On another note, rumors of Castro’s death are spreading in Miami.
For about 10 minutes last night there was a large amount of fireworks set off, I assume in the baseball stadium. I wonder which event was being celebrated or is there [...]
Aug 14
This is something you have to keep reminding yourself if you live in Panama. In all likelihood, patience is required if you live in any Latin American country. This morning I am telling myself this very thing because my Cable & Wireless Internet performance currently sucketh!In the US when one provider starts neglecting its uptime [...]
Jul 26
If you have been out of touch, like me, then you may not know that Panama is moving to the use of a new driver’s License. I have attached the contents of Panama’s Motor Vehicle Authority announcement below. It is in Spanish, but you can use Google or another translator product to see it in [...]
Jun 08
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 [...]
Mar 13
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 [...]
Mar 12
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. [...]
Jan 02
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 [...]
Dec 09
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 [...]
Nov 12
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 [...]
