Excellent news for Panama and all those who have invested their future here - Panama ranked 8th in the Americas for tourism competitiveness. The number one spot is held by the United States, followed by Barbados, Mexico, Canada and Costa Rica. Read the rest of this entry →

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 few days past the full moon. The seas going out to Zapatilla were Read the rest of this entry →

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 way - like eating at some Read the rest of this entry →

After posting a quick blog recently about the busy streets and beaches I’ve recently been witnessing in Bocas, I decided to research some hard numbers and indeed I found very complimentary results.

The numbers for the 11 months from January 2010 thru to October of 2010 are definitely up over 2009 - 12% up, with a total of 900,000 visitors. Not so hard considering… Read the rest of this entry →

Sunday is family time for us, so Luna and I took the kids to Red Frog Beach for the day. Beautiful weather, cold drinks and happy kids made for a great time.

Even better was who we found there… Read the rest of this entry →

If the sloooow economic recovery in the US and your struggling 401k are making it hard for you to retire in comfort there, then perhaps an alternative option that maintains your currency reserves in US dollars, but surrounded by robust economic growth, may be here in Panama.

Our residential real estate project here on the shores of desirable Dolphin Bay, Bocas del Toro offers a great value for titled oceanfront real estate. Panama is very much on the move, with expected growth this year of between 6.3 and 6.9% - one of the highest in Latin America, so investing in your retirement here could prove to be the best thing you have ever done. Read the rest of this entry →

We welcomed the new year in town this year. The streets were packed with revelers, both from Panama City and international locales. Here are some photos of the amazing fireworks show that the Bocas’ municipality and area businesses put on at midnight.The entire shoreline of the town was alight for over forty minutes. We had a front row seat at our friend’s house on the shores of Isla Carenero.

here’s what we’re drinking to celebrate the day. I call it an Equatorial Slushie… and yes you need the spoon.

Hello brain freeze!

here are some photos i took from our dock during the solstice full moon rise over Dolphin Bay, Bocas del Toro.

The US real estate market may be awash with foreclosures, but the Panama market is still very active. Many South American and European buyers are finding excellent real estate deals here. Our project here on Dolphin Bay in Bocas del Toro, is offering some of the best real estate deals in Panama, with 2 acre titled oceanfront estate lots going for $50,000. You will not find a better price on titled oceanfront real estate in the entire country of Panama, if not the whole region. We only have three oceanfront real estate opportunities left as the project is currently over 80% sold. Read the rest of this entry →