Tag: Move to Panama

Alone or in couple, Panama is a great option for living.

Panama Is A Prime Candidate For Your Post Election Move

March 17, 2016

Dreading The Next Inauguration Day? Look South, Not North

Around the Live and Invest Overseas offices we try to keep a pretty close ear to the ground. Consequently, we have noticed—even from a couple thousand miles away in Panama City—that this election year in the United States is, shall we say, a little on the strange side.

Currently contending for the office of the Presidency of the United States are an elderly socialist from Vermont, a New Yorker who looks like a human Cheeto, a grandmother from Arkansas (or is it New York?), and a Latino who wants to kick all the Latino immigrants out of the country. Oh, and someone from Ohio. Then there are all those who

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Panama Azuero coast

Our Move To Panama’s Azuero Coast

November 12, 2015

Serenity Now: A Corner Of Paradise To Call Our Own 

When we were planning our move to Panama back in 2011, we looked at every possibility. City. Country. Beach. Mountains. Bustling. Bucolic. We were definitely not starved for options. We decided that we wanted to be close to the ocean (if we could afford it) and somewhat away from large, established expatriate communities or tourist centers. We wanted a Panamanian experience. We wanted an adventure.

In my online explorations before we moved, I zeroed in on a region west of Panama City called the Azuero Peninsula. It’s a squarish spit of

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Signs showing cities in Panama

Doing The Math About A Move To Panama: A No-Brainer

October 22, 2015

At the end of the day, moving overseas was, for my partner April and me, a no-brainer.

In 2008, after I had put in my 30 years teaching science in the Lake Travis Independent School District in Texas, April and I began contemplating our next step. She was still working at the time, so I had lots of time to daydream about our next adventure.

While wspote are both extremely attached to our family and friends, neither of us were keen to stay in Austin. Doing the math only made the decision easier. Between the housing costs, property taxes, health care, transportation, and

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