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Receiving Mail in Panama
The central Panama City post office is located in Calidonia in front of the Don Bosco church. Called Correos y Telégrafos in Spanish, it is open Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm. It costs 35 cents...
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How to Use the Classifieds in Panama
When I moved abroad I found my first apartment by asking around in a neighborhood I liked. While that method is still my preferred, I know many people today are more apt to look online. Thankfully, in...
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How to Be an Expat
Living abroad isn’t easy and not everyone has success at it. The first couple weeks and months are usually exciting, but can also be quite stressful. Expats often struggle to adjust to differences in...
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Living with Teenagers in Panama
Getting ready to move to Panama with your family? Making such a huge move is an adjustment for everyone, especially teenagers. If they are not completely on board with the move, things can be tough....
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Panama Tops International Living’s Best Places to Retire List
International Living Magazine has come out with their Annual Retirement Index 2014 and Panama tops the list as the best place to retire. This year it beats out last year’s winner, Ecuador, by a hair....
View ArticleVoting Overseas for United States
U.S. citizens living and working outside of the States can register to vote by absentee ballot for the presidential, primary and general elections. To obtain an absentee ballot you need to complete and...
View ArticlePanama Will Build Second Subway Line
The first section of Panama’s subway line opened just 2 weeks ago, but plans are already well underway for a second line. The initial project, which cost about $2 billion, is a 13.7 kilometer line, the...
View ArticleMaritime Week Panama 2014 – May 19-23
Maritime Week Panama 2014 Maritime Week Americas 2014 will be held in Panama, one of the greatest maritime centres in the world and right at the heart of some of the most exciting changes impacting the...
View ArticlePesky Mosquitoes – Mosquito-Borne Diseases
If you are concerned about mosquito-borne diseases while in Panama, keep in mind this isn’t the 1930’s, or even the 1950’s. To be infected from a mosquito isn’t as easy as it was back then. First of...
View ArticleBocas del Toro Province
The Bocas del Toro Province in the northwest of Panama is a lovely bay dotted with islands covered with sandy beaches. The city of Bocas del Toro is at the southern end of Colón Island, which is just a...
View ArticleDriving in Panama
Getting behind the wheel in a foreign country can be a dilemma. The promise of independence is tempting, but the fear of getting into an accident, getting lost, getting ripped off, getting robbed,...
View ArticleCreepy Crawlies-Spiders in Costa Rica
If you like spiders, you’ve come to the right place. Costa Rica is crawling with them. In fact, the world’s most venomous spider, the Brazilian wandering spider, has indeed ‘wandered’ out of Brazil and...
View ArticleMost Important
There are so many challenges to ex-pat living: language barriers, unfamiliar laws and customs, new foods, different weather, strange critters, but the biggest challenge can be living far away from...
View ArticlePlay It Safe
Nothing can ruin a vacation faster than being a victim of theft or violent crime. Here are a few tips that will help you protect yourself while traveling and help you play it safe. No matter where you...
View ArticleExchanging your Driver’s License in Panama
As a visitor to Panama, you are legal allowed to drive for 90 days on your foreign driver’s license (see our post on Driving in Panama). However, after that your license is no longer valid. Therefore,...
View ArticleAzuero Peninsula
So you’re ready to retire and you’ve decided to move to Panama. Now it’s time to narrow your options and pick an area to live. You may want to consider the Azuero Peninsula, in Spanish, Península de...
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Chitre, Panama – the Low Down!
Spotlight this week on the relatively smaller city of Chitre, on the eastern coast of Panama’s Ezuero Peninsula. Though it’s smaller than the more popular destinations like Panama City and Colon,...
View ArticleCerro Hoya National Park
There are just so many wonderful places to visit on the Azuero Peninsula that we needed to talk about it again this week. This time the subject is Cerro Hoya National Park, covering 200,000 acres of...
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