Guest guest Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 Greetings Raw Seattle (or whoever is reading this), As many of you have probably heard thru the grapevine-Tim & I are moving to Panama-to a quiet, fairly secluded Island Archipelago region on the Caribbean (right near Costa Rica) called Bocas del Toro. After much research beginning with the Big Island of Hawaii, taking me all through the Caribbean Islands, to the South Pacific Islands, and through Central America (Belize, Costa Rica...) Bocas is where we chose. It offers the best of all worlds...very affordable living, tropical temperatures averaging 82 year round, lush tropical soil, all your tropical fruit trees, no mosquitoes (plenty of monkeys, dolphins, turtles, snakes and other critters, though), US dollar as the native currency, generous foreign investment/tax free incentives, safe, not in the Hurricane/Tornado zone (just the occasional earthshaking), the most modern city of Central America (Panama City) one hour flight away, English readily spoken (esp. the Bocas del Toro region), snorkeling, diving, beaches, Mt's/hiking, Protected Nature Reserves, cheap to fly to ($400-500 RT/ticket can regularly be found, and i've heard cheaper), etc...you get the picture. The only compromise is that it rains a lot, but if I chose the Big Island-it would have been the Puna side, which rains incessantly, not the scorching dry Kona side. We're talking lush, tropical, raw-food growing paradise-not desert. Oh yeah, and if you're queasy on the water maybe Bocas isn't the place for you, because boats, not cars are the primary (the only, to most places) mode of transportation! So Bocas won on all accounts for us. Just wanted to let people know about a place that no one thinks of - thinking 'Panama Canal/Military' when you hear 'Panama' is a thing of the past-military is non-existent there-very peaceful. It is now what Costa Rica was long ago (security and positive living/investment incentives, affordability, etc. are apparently a thing of the past for Costa Rica). Check out 'Bocas del Toro, Panama' on the internet and see what you think... Peace to all, Asya & Tim ps. I'd like to host a potluck either the weekend of 5/10 or 6/7-any preferences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 Hi Asya If you make the potluck for June, I'll try to make it. Paula Asya Milazzo wrote: Greetings Raw Seattle (or whoever is reading this), As many of you have probably heard thru the grapevine-Tim & I are moving to Panama-to a quiet, fairly secluded Island Archipelago region on the Caribbean (right near Costa Rica) called Bocas del Toro. After much research beginning with the Big Island of Hawaii, taking me all through the Caribbean Islands, to the South Pacific Islands, and through Central America (Belize, Costa Rica...) Bocas is where we chose. It offers the best of all worlds...very affordable living, tropical temperatures averaging 82 year round, lush tropical soil, all your tropical fruit trees, no mosquitoes (plenty of monkeys, dolphins, turtles, snakes and other critters, though), US dollar as the native currency, generous foreign investment/tax free incentives, safe, not in the Hurricane/Tornado zone (just the occasional earthshaking), the most modern city of Central America (Panama City) one hour flight away, English readily spoken (esp. the Bocas del Toro region), snorkeling, diving, beaches, Mt's/hiking, Protected Nature Reserves, cheap to fly to ($400-500 RT/ticket can regularly be found, and i've heard cheaper), etc...you get the picture. The only compromise is that it rains a lot, but if I chose the Big Island-it would have been the Puna side, which rains incessantly, not the scorching dry Kona side. We're talking lush, tropical, raw-food growing paradise-not desert. Oh yeah, and if you're queasy on the water maybe Bocas isn't the place for you, because boats, not cars are the primary (the only, to most places) mode of transportation! So Bocas won on all accounts for us. Just wanted to let people know about a place that no one thinks of - thinking 'Panama Canal/Military' when you hear 'Panama' is a thing of the past-military is non-existent there-very peaceful. It is now what Costa Rica was long ago (security and positive living/investment incentives, affordability, etc. are apparently a thing of the past for Costa Rica). Check out 'Bocas del Toro, Panama' on the internet and see what you think... Peace to all, Asya & Tim ps. I'd like to host a potluck either the weekend of 5/10 or 6/7-any preferences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 Paula-for you, baby (and for your baby), anything! June it is. Potluck Saturday, June 7th, shall we say? That's even better than a picture! Asya - Paula M Belcher RawSeattle Friday, April 25, 2003 4:25 PM Re: [RawSeattle] Moving to Panama Hi AsyaIf you make the potluck for June, I'll try to make it.PaulaAsya Milazzo wrote: Greetings Raw Seattle (or whoever is reading this), As many of you have probably heard thru the grapevine-Tim & I are moving to Panama-to a quiet, fairly secluded Island Archipelago region on the Caribbean (right near Costa Rica) called Bocas del Toro. After much research beginning with the Big Island of Hawaii, taking me all through the Caribbean Islands, to the South Pacific Islands, and through Central America (Belize, Costa Rica...) Bocas is where we chose. It offers the best of all worlds...very affordable living, tropical temperatures averaging 82 year round, lush tropical soil, all your tropical fruit trees, no mosquitoes (plenty of monkeys, dolphins, turtles, snakes and other critters, though), US dollar as the native currency, generous foreign investment/tax free incentives, safe, not in the Hurricane/Tornado zone (just the occasional earthshaking), the most modern city of Central America (Panama City) one hour flight away, English readily spoken (esp. the Bocas del Toro region), snorkeling, diving, beaches, Mt's/hiking, Protected Nature Reserves, cheap to fly to ($400-500 RT/ticket can regularly be found, and i've heard cheaper), etc...you get the picture. The only compromise is that it rains a lot, but if I chose the Big Island-it would have been the Puna side, which rains incessantly, not the scorching dry Kona side. We're talking lush, tropical, raw-food growing paradise-not desert. Oh yeah, and if you're queasy on the water maybe Bocas isn't the place for you, because boats, not cars are the primary (the only, to most places) mode of transportation! So Bocas won on all accounts for us. Just wanted to let people know about a place that no one thinks of - thinking 'Panama Canal/Military' when you hear 'Panama' is a thing of the past-military is non-existent there-very peaceful. It is now what Costa Rica was long ago (security and positive living/investment incentives, affordability, etc. are apparently a thing of the past for Costa Rica). Check out 'Bocas del Toro, Panama' on the internet and see what you think... Peace to all, Asya & Tim ps. I'd like to host a potluck either the weekend of 5/10 or 6/7-any preferences? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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