Like I said before, I’m staying at Valle’ Escondido while in Boquete, andI must say it’s a beautifully designed place. The architecture is Spanish Colonial, and the common areas are immaculately maintained, with flowers blossoming everywhere. The center of town includes an outdoor amphitheater, a church, dining, and shops….and a river runs through it. Continue reading
There’s a rundown rustic charm to this place. I’m sure that’s what attracts the characters here. If I had run out of money and luck, I’d try to find myself a piece of paradise, too. Nothing wrong with that. Continue reading
This small island group is to real estate what the Wild West was to early Americana. Property law is defined (in part) by right of possession or squatter’s rights rather than by such unnecessary formalities as clear title. “Agents” introduce themselves, unsolicited, on the street, phone numbers hastily scribbled on cocktail napkins pass for business cards, there’s no MLS (as is true all over Panama), and everyone has a “cousin” with land for sale. You can tell who the rube is here. He’s the one asking to buy property in this circus atmosphere. He’s me. Continue reading
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