Delightful Near-The-Beach Property For Sale

The video, below, is a tour of a delightful property. This property is located in the charming beach town of Puerto Armuelles, Panama. Please enjoy watching the video. To learn more about this near-the-beach property, click here.  This property is located in the Corazon de Jesus neighborhood of Puerto Armuelles. Below is a transcription of … Read more

Panama’s New Plastic Bag Ban A Success!

In my corner of Panama, the new ban on plastic bags appears to be a success. The ban’s 1st day was just 5 days ago, July 20th. On that morning, I purchased a few items at Supermercado Puerto Armuelles. Normally, my items would have been bagged in plastic in a blink of an eye. That … Read more

Bananas! A Video in our “Fruit-in-Our-Yard” series

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Bananas are easy to grow in Panama.  You may even find a volunteer banana tree growing in your yard. One that you never planted.   The key to enjoying the bananas on your tree is to keep birds from eating them all.  My daughters explain how to preserve your bananas and more in the video above. … Read more

Good News – Property Price Increase Postponed

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Formerly Sleepy Puerto Armuelles keeps gaining fans.  More expats are moving here. Property prices are going up. We are raising our property prices on March 16, 2019. On average, our property prices will increase by 10%. NOTE: Back in November, we posted about a property price increase to occur on January 15th. However, we did not … Read more

At Last! Puerto Armuelles’s Town Sign

Colorful town signs have been popping up all over Panama. After much anticipation, Puerto Armuelles has one of its own! (see photo above) Our beach town is coming up in the world! Panama’s national tourism agency, Visit Panama, is promoting Puerto elsewhere too. I was able to photograph its banner promoting Puerto Armuelles (see photo). … Read more

Tropical Almonds Video – Fruit-in-Our-Yard series

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One day, this past August, my daughters and I did a video of the fruit in our yard. Our yard in Puerto Armuelles, Panama. We were surprised at the number of fruit trees we have. So instead of one long video, we are making 13 short ones. We are producing the videos in them in … Read more

Growing Number of Musicians In Puerto Armuelles

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You have probably heard about the art & music scene in Boquete. Boquete has art shows, an expat theatre, and an annual outdoor art & music festival. I have often lamented that our little beach town of Puerto Armuelles was not attracting many expat musicians. Well, perhaps I spoke too soon. Over the past several … Read more

Perfect House Design For Tropical Panama

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The Living In Panama House is the perfect design for a tropical climate. Designed to keep you cool and comfortable Economical to build and easy to maintain Beautiful and high quality Allows a strong connection with the natural surroundings What makes the Living In Panama House different? The Living In Panama House is, in essence, … Read more

Expanded Info on Puerto Armuelles Neighborhoods & Places To Eat

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Check out our expanded & updated info on Puerto’s Places to Eat Neighborhoods Places To Eat We updated & expanded our Places to Eat page to include:  Our favorite lunch places More places to eat dinner A Map! – with restaurant locations Click to see this expanded Puerto Armuelles restaurant info. Neighborhoods Discover information on more … Read more

Puerto: Airport Renovation & Commercial Flights!

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Transcription of the video You may have heard that our beach town, Puerto Armuelles, Panama has some big news. Airport Renovation After many, many years of complete neglect, our airport is being entirely renovated. And officials have even told us that there will be domestic commercial flights flying in and out of Puerto. This is … Read more

Art Supplies in Panama – Where To Buy Them

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Now that you live in Panama, you have time to do all the art projects you want.  However, it is not always obvious where you can buy the art supplies you need.    In this post, I list some helpful art stores and art resources in: David Panama City Puerto Armuelles Art Supplies & Resources … Read more

Art Classes, Workshops & Opportunities – Puerto Armuelles, Panama

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Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun – Mary Lou Cook Art seems like the perfect pastime to pursue while living in a tropical beach community. There is endless time to practice. No one is judging your work. What could be better? Art is something that some expats … Read more

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