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Hil

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  1. I have caught this virus in one eye. The drug stores in town have plenty of medicine. Hopefully the other eye doesn't get it. I am applying the medicine to both eyes anyway. Oftagen; with .3% gentamicina. The pain has gone so maybe the pink eye will leave soon. Don't have a clue where I caught it. Maybe on the golf course...................lololololol

  2. I always see expats at the Mercado. We shop there three or four times a week. If the parking lot if full I usually make the block and pass again and find one open at Romeros or the Mercado. I have always found what we need at the Mercado cheaper and fresher than anywhere in town. The Mercado gets our business first and Romeros and Super Baru are second. We always support the little guy in Panama first. 

  3. You are entered into Part A automatically. You have to sign up for Part B. Living in Panama requires you send in the form for Part B. I did it throught the embassy. If you don't sign up or cancel their is a penalty to re enter or sign up at a later date. I'm thinking it's 10% a year not sure. If you don't have other insurance in the USA when you go back and forth you need Part A and B for coverage. You can be exempt from Obama care on the amount of days you are not in the USA. I have forgotten how many days out you need. If you are a veteran enroll in VA medical care then you don't have to have obama care. There are other options also.

  4. A new store near the InterAmericana Hwy opened last month. We shopped there a couple of times. The name is Dorado. Turn left at the light before Price Smart by the Delta Station and head back into David. Look on the left about half way to Calle F Sur. Really clean, prices are good and meat department is super clean. It's actually a few streets behind Super X-Tra and the parking is better. I will try Super X-Tra but have to find a time when the parking lot isn't full. They are busy. Walking isn't a problem for me after parking. When I tried to visit Super X-Tra there were NO parking places and traffic was jammed up on the Interamericana and the side street with people trying to park. 

  5. Gualaca had about 200 or more in the same location that came from Paso Canoas last time. I was on the Frontera when there were about 3000 living in tents there. Then the government did a forced take over of the hotels and a big ware house just before the border to get them out of tents and off of the streets in tents in Paso Canoas. My friend that did own a hotel used by border hoppers was taken over. We were on a Sunday drive and stopped in to see the owners while the cubanos where there. She wasn't happy but said the government paid her $5 a night for each Cubano. At least they are not in tents now. I passed the Gualaca site last time they were housed near the reservoir/hydroelectric plant (Fortuna). The site is fenced with guards on the gate even when no one is living there. We went to Bocas not long ago and saw the guards at the gate. At least they have a roof, food and are contained until they can be deported or another country accepts them. My girlfriend and many other Panamanian friends do not like this and are complaining about having to pay for food, housing, electric and medical care. I understand the Red Cross is assisting in this also.This might be the last "wave" of cubanos that missed the Wet Foot/Dry Foot free ride in the USA.

  6. 9 hours ago, JimAndNena said:

    Los chiricanos dirían, "estás hablando yuca".

    Of course they would not say that TO you. Regardless, be well and enjoy. 

    jim

    Jim I have taken a few spanish classes and my girl friend is FLUENT in Spanish. Her family is poor but a very good family and second generation Boquete family. This city is only about 100 years old. And I have been involved with the public here in Boquete and David. My loved one is a Boquetena.You can not insult me with your misinformation. By the way, Bud and I were in a spanish class together and he is more fluent in Spanish than you would know. There are many expats (not all expats are americans) that are involved here all of the time. I have talked with the Mayor Of Boquete many times at Las Lajas on weekends. He is actually a welcoming guy. He does not exclude expats in his position as Mayor. I have used mechanics, lawyers, maids, and needed information from Panamanians many times. Also,I love the Panamanian food and eat in those establishments probably more than Expat eateries for good reason----they are better for my health. NEVER ONCE have I had a bad experience on the HUMAN side of these realationships. I did have a Panamanian woman in David one time tell me she was still a NORIEGA FAN and wished I would go home (this was not a relationship of a friend or business). She is the exception on relationships with Panamanians. She was loud and obnoxious in Super 99. All of the Panamanians listening to her came up and apologized when she was finished hosing me down. I NEVER opened my mouth and she left. Had I retaliated I would have been the FOOL. I always tell myself------life is what I make of it anywhere I land. Panamanian people of all of the other cities I have visited have been good to me and I recipocate well with them with friendship and spending money locally. The Panamanians I associate with are very honest and humble people. We travel every Sunday to a different location in Western Panama and have always been welcomed by the locals. Perception is key to life.

    End Of My Story. Life Is Good.

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