sduford on Sep 04 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Travel
We’re really enjoying our stay in Casco Viejo, Panama City’s historic old quarter.
Our Casa Mendez appartment is really cool and very well located. We have a dozen nice cafes, bars and restaurants within two or three blocks, as well as three different plazas with beautiful churches and monuments, a half-dozen art galleries, the National Theatre, [...]
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 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 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 07 2008 | Filed under: Panama, Travel
Panama’s young National Airline, COPA Airlines, is expanding again.
My wife and I flew with them a couple of times and were quite happy. New planes, decent service, decent prices. COPA is partly owned by Continental and they have code-share flights with them as well as KLM/Air France.
COPA has quickly become a dominant airline in [...]
sduford on Aug 03 2008 | Filed under: Building in Panama
They have made some progress on the pool and the steel c-beams for the roof structures have arrived. We should have a roof on the guest-house anytime now.
Here’s is a picture of the pool, you can see the wall winding it’s way between the bohio and the kitchen. It then widens again on the other [...]
sduford on Aug 02 2008 | Filed under: Panama
Just reposting this from a friend, regarding an interesting health care plan from Paitilla Hospital in Panama City.
Potential Health Insurance Sign-Up to be held at Dee and Bob Braden?s in Altos del Maria Saturday, August 9th (time to be determined).
Deb Turl, who continues to work with Manuel Granados Licdo, the Director de Services Medicos Hospitalities, [...]
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