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Last Updated Sep 20, 2019 - by Jackie Lange

Beach Life in Panama

Panama has 1500 miles of coastline! If you love living at the beach, there is a perfect beach for you somewhere in Panama. The weather is about 90 degrees every day (+/- 5) and most of the time, you'[ll have the whole beach to yourself.

During their Panama Relocation Tour, Greg and Anita found their perfect beach near Las Tablas! In the Azuero Pensinula, on the Pacific side of Panama, there are 10 different beach communities between Chitre and Las Tablas. Both Chitre and Las Tablas are have 24 hour grocery stores, great restaurants, hospitals, hardware stores, doctors, dentists and a thriving expat community. Some other beach communities in Panama are much more isolated and don’t have many amenities.

Initially, Anita and Greg rented a house then purchased a house right on the beach about 10km outside of Las Tablas. They can enjoy the sounds of the waves and amazing sunrises in Panama every day.

As a bonus, during your Panama Relocation Tour, you’ll learn how to buy houses with zero interest seller financing — which is exactly what Greg and Anita did to buy their amazing property on the beach. It was a rainy and overcast day when we shot their video – but every day’s a good day at the beach! Check it out at:

Last Updated Sep 14, 2019 - by Jackie Lange

Taking a Bus in Panama

Public buses are readily available throughout Panama but I’ve only taken the bus to Panama City one time because my daughter’s flight was cancelled and she needed to get to Panama City to catch an international flight. My cost, with a Pensionado discount, was $10.60 to take the bus from David to Panama City. A few times, I’ve also taken the community buses to Boquete for $1. It’s only $1.75 to take the bus from Boquete to David, which is the second largest city in Panama.

Because I have limited knowledge about taking the buses in Panama, I asked my friend Elaine Hayes to write about here experiences. Elaine loves to take the bus. Here’s her article about Taking a Bus in Panama.

Taking the bus all around Panama is a lot easier that you think. And you will be surprised to find that once you get the hang of it, it just might be your preferred method for travel!

Panama has one of the easiest and efficient bus systems in the America’s. All it takes it a few dollars, and a little bit of bravery in the beginning, and it will open up a whole new way to travel independently.

Let’s first begin our journey at Albrook Bus Station in Panama City. Albrook is a huge area that has its own airport, the main bus station for all of Panama, and the largest mall in all of the Americas. From here, it can get you started to go anywhere in the country.

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Last Updated Sep 8, 2019 - by Jackie Lange

REPLAY: September Q & A Conference Call

Since 2010, we’ve been offering Panama Relocation Tours and our monthly Q & A Conference calls. In August we completed our 108th Panama Relocation Tour! The September 2019 Q & A Conference Call was scheduled to be about one hour but there were so many people who had waited and waited to ask their question the call extended to two full hours to give me time to answer every single question. There was no way I was going to end the call at one hour with so many people still waiting in line to ask their question.

It’s a big decision to relocate to Panama and we know it helps to get answers to at least some of your questions before you sign up for a Panama Relocation Tour to explore Panama in person and learn even more.

These are some of the comments we received after the call:

~ OMG! Jackie, Jackie, Jackie! You, my dear, have the patience of Jobe! I was on the entire two hour conference call tonight. I found it quite informative, but I was extremely impressed with how well you handled the callers. It amazes me the difficulty some callers have in formulating a simple question, but, you never wavered! You are amazing! Although I have never met you, I have the utmost confidence in you and your organization. I spoke with Melissa by phone this week and she too, was perfection. I can not wait for my tour November 29th! I have also lured two other people to join me. I look forward to meeting you all!!

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