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| Hiding
Out In Panama - The Hotel Ideal |
- The Hotel
Ideal – pronounced eee-dee-al – is the best place I know of to hide out
in Panama. If you are looking to escape from someone or you just want to
become anonymous for a while and you don’t have enough money for a more
expensive place,
then the Hotel
Ideal is for you. |
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| Horses
On The Beach And Other Tales Of Living In Paradise - Bocas del Toro, Panama |
| - Every morning
when I wake up, there’s a different picture outside my sliding glass doors
on this lagoon in Bocas del Toro, Panamá. This morning a white mist
hovers over a pearl gray sea, like fine mesh. I feel like the Lady of the
Lake, floating on top of a cloud in my bed. Then Elvis starts barking.
He’s chasing the horses out of the yard again and sounds like he’s on doggie
drugs. His bark has the edge of hysteria: GET OUT OF MY YAR YAR YAR YAR
YARD! |
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| I
Don’t Wanna Leave! A PhotoEssay of Bocas Del Toro, Panama |
| - Mark McMahon
is an award winning photographer and writer. He is currently on an expedition
driving from Arizona to the tip of South America in a toyota 4x4! He created
Filmtrips.com to share his adventures. And he does indeed find adventure
along the way! He is in now Panama and soon will cross
over into South America to visit the Amazon , Machu Pichu, and the Galapagos
Islands! Note: Images - Slow page. |
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| In
Search Of The Scottish Colony ~ History And Adventure In Panama |
| - The Scottish
colony was something I read about long after I had been in Panama and had
lived in the countryside and found a job in the city and had learned a
little about city life. It was funny for me to learn about the Scottish
colony. I didn’t really know what part of Panama the colony had been founded
in; it turned out the colony was located in a place that was almost impossible
to reach by boat, air or land. |
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| In
The Hills Above Panama City - Cerro Azul |
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you are living in Panama or are just in the city for a business trip –
you may feel the need for relief from the hot muggy weather in your free
time. If so, then do what the natives do – head for the hills.
To ensure that the break you take offers a unique and relaxing experience,
as well as cooler weather, head for Cerro Azul. |
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| Interview
With Pedro Sarasqueta ~ Answering Questions About Investing In Panama |
| - One of the
first persons I met after starting at the magazine was Pedro Sarasqueta.
He’s become an excellent resource for me and many expats on how and why
to invest in Panama. Pedro was the first contact for many of the expats
that now live in the residential development Altos del Maria. He is the
best I’ve seen at getting you, the expat, from A to B to Z in Panama, so
he’s someone you should talk to if you are thinking about moving to Panama
or even just visiting with an idea of staying. A little on his background:
Pedro graduated with a Master’s degree in Geology from Christian Albrecht
Universität in Kiel, Germany; he speaks fluent German and English;
he worked as a customs agent with his father when he returned to Panama
from Germany in 1984. |
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| Investing
in Panama - What are the Laws? |
| - The article
by William Hemingway in the last edition received a lot of positive feedback.
In this issue Hemingway provides those thinking of investing in Panama
with resources regarding the laws of Panama. He has a website under
construction and will soon be providing investment and retirement information
on-line. |
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| Isla
Colón, Bocas del Toro, Republic of Panama ~ Living In Bocas |
| - A friend
of ours in the States sent us an e-mail recently asking for a one-or two-paragraph
description of the Panamanian island where my husband and I live. Seems
he was planning to send a character in his novel down here to Bocas del
Toro for a while. I wrote John back and said he would have to describe
his character first and the reason for the trip. This island can be different
things to different people, and everything to some. |
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| Isla
Grande ~ The Lost Sides Of Isla Grande |
| - If you are
headed to Panama for the 100 year anniversary of the founding of Panama,
then be sure to check out Isla Grande. The island has always been a favorite
vacation spot for Panamanians and foreigners. The island has a deep history
going back to Colombus and the natural beauty and history of the island
makes it a great place to relax, have a break and just sit back and enjoy
some good clean fun. Hope you visit Isla Grande on your way through Panama. |
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| Isla
Solarte ~ In The Bocas Del Toro Archipelago ~ Panama - Family Living the
Dream |
| - Shephard
Johnson is no ordinary, developer of dreams. The Roseville man is taking
25 years of California real estate experience and using it to build his
dream development in Panama on an island called Solarte. Johnson, 48, and
family – wife Monte, an Encina High School teacher, and young daughters
Robin, 13, and Halley, 9 – got their feet wet in Costa Rica, where they
lived from 1992 to 1995. Isla Solarte is in the Bocas Del Toro Archipelago
on Panama's Caribbean Coast, a place where numerous Americans and European
expats are relocating. |
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| John
Wayne Island ~ In An Imaginary Tropical Western |
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It was only after I had been in Panama for three or four years that I began
to hear about John Wayne in Panama. A friend told me that he had spent
a lot of time in Panama during the 1960s and at one point had owned an
island in Panama as well as being a part owner of a shrimp business. Apparently,
Wayne liked fishing and of course Panama has the best fishing in the world;
in fact, Panama, the word, means an abundance of fish. For years I was
unable to decipher which island John Wayne owned or where the island might
be located; it was only recently – the last year or so - that I realized
that a John Wayne Island did in fact exist and that there was a project
being developed on the island by some Austrians. |
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| Line
Handling on the Panama Canal |
| - Cruising
yachts and pleasure craft are crossing the Isthmus of the Americas in record
numbers. The Autoridad del Canal de Panama requires four line handlers
per vessel up to 80 feet in overall length. You can be one of those
line handlers, go from one ocean to another in twelve hours, see the Panama
Canal like few people do and make easy money doing it.Vessels that transit
the Panama Canal are always headed to another port-of-call. On the
Pacific side, there is the Galapagos. |
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| Living
And Investing In Panama ~ What To Look Out For |
| - If you are
thinking about moving overseas then Panama might be the right place for
you. Panama is a great place from which to do business with other countries
in Latin America: banking, services and recreation are all things that
are highly developed in Panama. You also have the dollar and a great international
airport that can take you anywhere you want to go in South America or North
America. You should visit Panama just to see what the country has to offer. |
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| Living
And Retiring In Panama ~ The Haven Of The 21st Century |
| - Home to
Central America's most vibrant and attractive capitals (Panama City), Panama
is slightly larger than the state of Florida. Bordered by the Caribbean
Seas and the Pacific Ocean, it is one of those places that can seduce you
through its sheer natural beauty. The seemingly endless stretches of picturesque
coastline, lush green valleys, near-perfect weather and friendly people
make it one of the most livable places in the world. If you like Florida,
the Caribbean and South America, you'll love Panama. |
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| Living
In Boquete, Panama ~ A Day In Boquete |
| - My day begins
at 7am. Time to feed the cat. OK, it really began about 6am when the sky
lightened enough to call it day and the cat knows it’s time to begin the
morning badgering, which will continue until she has been fed at 7am. Tika’s
the cat’s name. Hates everyone but me, but now and then I’ll get a snarl,
a bite, or a paw swipe, too. |
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