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Wahoo - what fun!! | fishing
Believe it or not Wahoo is the name of the fish that you see being held up in this photo and is by far one of the hardest fighting fish I have ever tackled and one of the tastiest. These 2 were caught about 8 miles from my home and less than a mile off shore. [...]
Fabulous Artwork Depicting Traditional Panamanian Dress
My good friend, Julia O’Malley-Keyes, is a world-renowned and well-respected artist who has spent much of her time of late here in Panama studying and painting some of the most beautiful scenes one may ever see short of personally seeing these Pollera Dancers live and in all of their beautiful finery and intricate traditional gowns. These paintings [...]
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Well after much trial and error I finally have the subscribe function working as it should. If you subscribed in the past but have not yet received any updated posts please re-subscribe to my Blog and let me know if you are still not receiving email updates or notices of new posts. If you have [...]
Heliconia Bed & Breakfast | ecolodge
This newly built modern Ecolodge on the Western Azuero Peninsula is about a one hour drive south of Santiago and offers a wide array of services and comfort. It is owned and operated by a dutch biologist couple, Loes & Kees, who are devoted to nature preservation and reforestation. Besides being great hosts, offering delicious home cooked food, [...]
What is a Property Tax Exoneration in Panama and, do I have it?
This article is reprinted from http://www.playacommunity.com Written by Kaye Ashbridge — Thursday, 11 August 2011 10:08 It is important to understand that Panama’s Property Tax Exoneration is actually a Property Improvement Tax Exoneration. That means that you as a property owner are still responsible for paying land taxes, which you can pay quarterly, yearly, or [...]
Panama's Centennial Bridge opening set for October
The latest date for the reopening of Panama’s Centennial Bridge, first set for August this year, has been moved to October. The news was given to a visiting group of members of the Chamber of Commerce, and the con Construction Chamber (Capac) yesterday who were visiting the eastern accesses to the bridge Centennial Bridge east to access, [...]
Gasoline prices will fall Saturday
In the midst of the stock market doom and gloom scenario comes a small shaft of light for Panama drivers. Gasoline prices will drop on Saturday, August 13. The price of a gallon of 95 octane gasoline will fall 26 cents to $4.12 The two products that had their prices capped by the government will [...]
I'm Posting every week for the rest of 2011!
I’ve decided I want to blog more. Rather than just thinking about doing it, I’m starting right now. I will be posting on this blog at least once a once a week and more often if time permits for the remainder of 2011. I know it won’t be easy, but it might be fun, inspiring, [...]
