sduford on Aug 31 2008 | Filed under: Panama
Excerpts from the latest IMF report:
The strong economic performance of the last few years continues, despite the deteriorating global environment. Panama was one of the fastest growing economies in the world in 2007 with real growth rising to 11.2 percent, following an average growth rate of nearly 8 percent in 2004-06.
Construction soared, and the well [...]
sduford on Aug 31 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Travel
Our flight down to Panama went very well. I had booked tickets with Mexicana and I was a bit nervous that it could turn into a horrible flight, but we were rather positively surprised! When I booked my tickets from Toronto to Panama City, we had a choice of American Airlines through Miami, but that [...]
sduford on Aug 24 2008 | Filed under: Building in Panama, Panama, Travel
Next weekend (August 30th) we’re heading back to Panama for a week. It will be my 8th visit in two years. We will spend the first weekend in Altos del Maria checking out our construction site, and then we’ll spend the whole week in Panama City shopping for electrical fixtures, furniture and appliances. We’ll also [...]
sduford on Aug 23 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Travel
An excellent article from The Guardian.
Panama City used to be somewhere people travelled through, not to. But the transformation of a run-down neighbourhood into one of the hippest barrios in Latin America is changing that…
Read it here.
sduford on Aug 23 2008 | Filed under: Miscellaneous
Well, wouldn’t you know it, we’ve already sold our house! And I was afraid it would take a while… As a bonus, they well let us stay in the house until January, couldn’t have asked for a more convenient deal.
sduford on Aug 21 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Travel
The new immigration law is coming into effect next week.
(From My Panama Lawyer)
Effective August 26, the main changes from current practice would be:
- Tourists may remain in the country only for 90 days, with only those with an original period under 90 days being able to ask for an extension to complete the 90 days [...]
sduford on Aug 20 2008 | Filed under: Photography
The photo director for National Geographic, David Griffin knows the power of photography to connect us to our world. In a talk filled with glorious images, he talks about how we all use photos to tell our stories.
sduford on Aug 19 2008 | Filed under: Panama
Panama had only won two bronze medals in its entire Olympic history, and the last one was 60 years ago. Well this week long-jumper Irving Saladino made history by winning Panama’s first gold medal with a jump of 8.34 meters, well short of his 8.73 personal best, but still a full 10cm longer than second [...]
sduford on Aug 18 2008 | Filed under: Miscellaneous
We are putting our cottage up for sale. You can find more details here.
Here are some pictures.
sduford on Aug 10 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Travel
There is basically only one serious GPS map available for Panama, the one from Panama-Zone.
I bought this map last year for my Garmin Nuvi GPS and at first I had some reservations because the map was pricey, had very limited points of interests, and contained several errors.
However, the team at Panama-Zone are constantly updating their [...]
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