Update: All money has now been reimbursed. Last fall when we were planning our retirement winter get away, we decided to do things a little differently. Normally we would go away for three months, come home for a bit and then go for another three months. This worked well for a couple of reasons: ourContinue reading “Booking with Expedia.ca”
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Tree trimming in Pedasi!
This house had two gigantic trees; a bunch of bamboo in the backyard yard and an olive tree on the side of the house. Early on in our stay, we had ‘a guy’ remove the noisy branch from behind the bohio. Back then, early in December, everything was green and the bamboo tree full andContinue reading “Tree trimming in Pedasi!”
Let’s take a road trip to Torio
One Sunday we went out for lunch, and eight hours later we arrived back home. Normally, I am the world’s worst passenger when driving, but not this time. The scenery was spectacular. Our destination was the little town of Torio. Driving over a mountain range everything was brown, the scenery very similar to driving inContinue reading “Let’s take a road trip to Torio”
PEDASI, PANAMA
Pedasi is a small town in Los Santos province, Panama. When you look online you can find numbers that say the population of Pedasi ranges anywhere from 2500 – 4000. Whatever its actual size it has a lot to offer when you want to get away from a cold Canadian winter. In distance, it isContinue reading “PEDASI, PANAMA”
Loving Everything Beach
It’s hard to believe we have been in Pedasi for two months already!! When we left home we knew it would be a quiet winter with less “out and about”, and it has been. I am thankful that we are able to be away from the cold, snow and ice. From the beginning our mainContinue reading “Loving Everything Beach”
Our Mostly Outside Neighbours
I am not a fan of creepy, crawly, slithering or multi-legged creatures. Some of our outside ‘friends’ are absolutely beautiful, some weird and others downright scary. And of course, some are really good dive bombers. We have them all, I guess learning how to co-exist is the trick. I am also trying to learn howContinue reading “Our Mostly Outside Neighbours”
Learning new baking skills
I had never made a pizza crust using plantains. One day Daryl was reading a blog by an expat and came across a recipe. Just maybe it is possible to have a gluten free pizza crust in our little town of Pedasi. During last trip here a chef made a hamburger bun out of plantainContinue reading “Learning new baking skills”
Octopus Anyone? Pedasi Dec 2021
The last time the ‘shrimp guy’ came by, he was also selling octopus, or as he called it ‘pulpo’. Although we have eaten octopus, and have seen lots of pictures of giant octopus from Daryl scuba diving trips, we have never had a raw one before. So do we buy it or not? Of courseContinue reading “Octopus Anyone? Pedasi Dec 2021”
Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder, Playa Los Destiladeros
As Covid rages through North America and Europe, we are living a very quiet life here in this little town in Panama. Our major source of entertainment, and exercise, its beach walking. The beach looks different in sunshine or cloud, low or high tide and calm or stormy seas. It’s all beautiful. Yesterday we wentContinue reading “Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder, Playa Los Destiladeros”
Beach Walking At Dusk
Yesterday I went to yoga at 0715 hr., it was a little cloudy with a temperature of 27C, and I thought it felt a little cool. After arriving home a couple of hours later, I was listening to Calgary news, the announcer said it was -27C with the windchill. That is a 54C degree difference!!Continue reading “Beach Walking At Dusk”
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