Our snowbird retirement journey has taken us to a beautiful Pacific coast beachfront condo in Nueva Gorgona, Panama, Central America. The Coronado area is well known by many expats from outside of Panama and is a little more than an hours drive from Panama City. Nueva Gorgona is a relative new comer to the development […]
Continue Reading
Our snowbird retirement has taken us to a beautiful expat friendly mountain valley town called Boquete in Panama. We really wanted to experience this part of Panama because of its “perfect” all year round high temperature of 26C (80F) that reminds me of a sunny day in spring or fall. It is cooler than the […]
Continue Reading
Our recent retirement journey has taken us to Panama as part of our new “Snowbird” lifestyle. We will be exploring three primary parts of Panama over a few months. Panama City to see the big city sky scrapers and canal, Boquete to see a mountain valley town popular with expats, and Nueva Gorgona on the […]
Continue ReadingThis is a good article in plain language about 11 tax deductions that seniors should know about. It’s a well-known fact that Canada’s income tax system is very complex. Part of the problem is that for decades, governments have piled on additional tax credits and deductions to reduce the tax burden on various population segments. […]
Continue Reading
We enjoyed a delightful tour of a small family owned coffee farm in Boquete, Panama. This area in Panama is known for coffee and produces “most expensive coffee in the world” Geisha coffee. There are numerous family owned coffee farms around Boquete, but we settled on one that was highly recommended by Trip Advisor, Cafes […]
Continue Reading
We experienced the great joys of exploring the fun Caribbean Island called Isla Mujeres (moo-hair-aaze), just off the coast near Cancun, Mexico. The vibe of the island is quite different from the nearby Cancun mainland. The aqua marine colored ocean water looks like a huge swimming pool that catamaran boats sail through, trimmed with amazing […]
Continue Reading
We wanted to experience a nice beach front room, during our snowbird stay in Playa del Carmen, that was away from the noisy bars and restaurants area, when visiting the beautiful Caribbean Island of Isla Mujeres, which is off the coast of Cancun, Mexico. Our quest was well satisfied when we stayed at the Hotel, […]
Continue Reading
It can be challenging to find a low cost way to stay connected to your Canadian phone services while travelling in USA and Mexico and beyond. In particular most banking services (and other web sites) will want to send you a text message to ensure your login is legitimate (2FA). Although you can buy extended […]
Continue Reading
Valladolid is a more authentic Mexican small town about 2 hours drive from Cancun. Its low profile streetscape with mostly simple single story wall to wall buildings are brightly painted with touches of Spanish architecture. We enjoyed exploring the castle like Monastery, and central park square area, as well as the in town cenotes. Walking […]
Continue Reading