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Ceramic tiles have been laid down, the walls are painted, and most of the windows have been installed.

Here's the bathroom:

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As of January 26th, we have now moved to Altos del Maria permanently!

We are currently renting a casita on Calle Montezuma, but our own Guest House should be ready within a month or so. As for the rest of the house, well, I expect it will take another 4 to 6 months!

My Panama phone number is 6779-6145, feel free to call if you are in ADM!

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 be meeting with our architect to discuss some small changes to our house.

For our week in Panama City we will be trying something different: I rented an apartment in the historic neigh… Continue

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 F… Continue

I think that when I move to Panama I will definitely want to drive an SUV, for several reasons:
-It is convenient and safe to drive a taller vehicle in Panama, with all the obstacles that are often found in the middle of the road.
-It is important to drive a robust vehicle with larger wheels because of the often poor road conditions.
-AWD is important in ADM because of the extremely steep hills, especially on wet days.
-I want to be able to do some light off-roading when I go explore the country… Continue