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After eight years here in Bocas del Toro, Panama, one of the best times I’ve ever passed just happened this weekend.
Our family and two friends from Bocas decided to go camping on Zapatilla Cay inside the Bastimentos Marine Park. We departed early Saturday morning from Bocas del Toro with excellent weather and only a […]

We don’t spend too much time in Bocastown, but yesterday we were there running errands and decided to go try a newish restaurant - Gringo’s Mexican.
In a word - excellent. The food is fresh and amazing and well priced for a tourist town like Bocas del Toro. Gringo’s definitely does Mexican food the right […]

Though Panama’s real estate prices still have a ways to go (down!) in order to be at all competitive within the global market, we here at Finca Buena Vida are proud to say our prices haven’t changed in years.
Why? Not greed. Nor delusion. Just good pricing.
We started this project five years ago with reasonable […]

I always knew we had something good going on here on Dolphin Bay, Bocas del Toro, Panama with our titled oceanfront real estate opportunities for sale, but now those in the know have put us in their top 10 list of retirement communities in Panama.
Check out www.bestretirementdestinations.com

And with Forbes naming Panama among the Top 10 […]

The consulting firm Indesa has estimated that Panama’s economy grew by 3% during the first quarter of 2009. Later this month the Comptroller’s Office will release the official numbers. But if these estimates are correct, Panama will continue to have one the highest GDP (gross domestic product) growth rates in the entire Latin American region.
The […]

According to the IMF (International Monetary Fund), Panama is in a position to be more insulated from the economic crisis that is devastating Latin America and the rest of the world, with the fund forecasting a 0.5% shrinkage in the region, while Panama is forecast to grow by 3% in 2009. This is great news […]

Well, it appears folks are still out and about looking for their future, regardless the world’s economic woes - finca buena vida’s residential project of titled land for sale has just welcomed two new neighbours. Lot 1 - Phase Three has been sold, and hot on it’s heels Lot 5 - Phase Two found a […]

With all the bad news numbers flying around these days - stock market indices, foreclosures, unemployment, deficits and debt, it’s with great pleasure that I am able to announce some happy numbers.
The 2008 tourism stats for Panama are in and, with a 12.7% increase over 2007, Panama had 1.6 million visitors last year.
No […]

The World Economic Forum list of tourist destinations, released in early March, ranked Panama 50th with Costa Rica (44th) outscoring Panama by just six countries. The two countries were the highest ranking in Central America. The only other Latin American nations who outscored Panama were Puerto Rico (46) and Brazil (49).
The Forum’s list is based […]

This is one of the best shots I’ve ever captured! A few nights ago the moon rise here on Dolphin Bay in Bocas del Toro, Panama was absolutely stupendous!!! I ran down to the rancho at the end of our dock and took about 10 and got this one… very fine.

The cloud formations worked […]