At around 10pm last evening, there was suddenly more honking than usual on Via España, outside our condo. We’re used to beeps, car alarms (oh the car alarms), muffled thuds, and the grumble of buses. But this noise went on for quite awhile. It turns out that Panama has won the right to enter the […]

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The prize for “first international visitors” goes to Christine’s wonderful parents, Linda and Dave, who came out this past weekend for a whirlwind trip to Panama City and the famous Canal. Just when I thought I’d go crazy without a functioning cell phone, too, Linda and Dave were there to deliver my Amazon order of […]

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Last weekend Christine, Rachael, David and myself decided to explore the more tropical aspects of Panama with a trip out to Santa Catalina, on the Pacific coast of the country. Christine and David are both avid SCUBA divers, and Rachael and I contented ourselves with snorkeling. The trip from Santiago out to the coast, in […]

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I can’t believe I’ve only been here a month and already I’ve fallen behind on getting any information posted. A lot has happened in the 20-ish days since I last wrote. Christine and I have gone on a few hikes, made some new people-friends, and one particularly special little furry friend. First of all, we […]

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Is a very very very fine casa. As of yesterday afternoon, Christine and I are moved into our new condo tower, in the neighborhood of El Cangrejo. Our realtor, Rosalind of Panama Signature Realty has been amazing; I toured it solo about a week ago, while Christine was at the USA Embassy for her introductory […]

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Christine and I didn’t spend 3 of our limited checked baggage pounds on our favorite coffee, Highlander Grog, for nothing. After being awakened at 10am by the director of her university knocking on the AirBnB’s door, excited to meet her and handing her a business card and saying “we thought you’d be at our meeting […]

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