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Hi Reyn and Betsy, nice site you guys have. We need more people like you guys that believe in Puerto Armuelles. Puerto Armuelles is a great place, although it got a bad – and undeserved – reputation in the past just after Chiquita banana left.
I wish you the best.
Erick
Hi Erick,
Glad you like the site. I agree Puerto Armuelles is a great place. We love it here!
Hope all goes well with you and yours.
Betsy
Hi Betsy
This is a great site. Thank you for joining the community forum. Now that I see the pictures we have indeed met. We were looking at the property across the street from your home in las Palmas last year. I remember your daughter and the pet hen. How is the neighbor next to the house we looked at she was such a lovely person. We look forward to seeing you as we get settled in.
Hasta Luego
Kim and Jim
Hi Kim,
Yes, now that you remind me, I remember you guys. I was wondering where you decided to buy.
I’m glad you decided to join our community in Puerto Armuelles.
We go out to the beach in your neighborhood regularly so am sure we will be seeing you.
When you are in the Las Palmas neighborhood, please feel free to stop by.
For those reading this comment, Kim and her husband Jim have just started a new Yahoo group for people living in and interested in Puerto Armuelles, Panama. Here is the link: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Puerto-Armuelles-community-forum-/
Hello,
My husband and I are interested in the banana plantation home that you have listed for your friends:
We would be very interested in any additional information you might be able to provide, i.e. taxes, actual location in Puerto Armuelles, furnished, unfurnished, financing, if any, air-conditioning, the actual distance to the frontera. (We have been led to believe that foreigners are unable to purchase land with 10 km from the frontera). How many years of real estate tax exoneration remain on this home?
Look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Pamela
hello Pamela,
I have passed your email on to my friends. They should be getting back to you.
The bottom bedroom has airconditioning.
Yes, you can buy property within the 10K.
We own a house just down the street from the house you are asking about.
To ensure you have no potential of problems in the future,
most people form a corporation and then have the corporation buy the property.
As usual I suggest that you visit Panama and decide if you like it and what
areas appeal to you the most before you start hunting for specific properties.
Best wishes,
Betsy and Reyn
We would love to visit you and the area. What is the best way to get to this part of Panama from the U.S.?
Hello Bob and Sheran,
You can fly into San Jose, Costa Rica or Panama City, Panama.
Puerto Armuelles is equidistant from both.
From either of those cities, you can then take a flight into David, Panama.
David is about 1 hour or so from Puerto Armuelles..
Hi,
We will be in Panama the end of this month and would like to see some ocean view/front property. Thanks,
Jamie
We would love to show you some – as well as Puerto Armuelles.
Give us a call about when you will be in town.
206-734-4778.
look forward to meeting you.
Hey Betsy…It’s Tim again….can you address this artical as being authentic to the situation in the Bocas?
Tia
Tim
http://www.bocasdeltoroproblems.com/
Hi Tim, I cannnot really say one way or the other. I can say about my experiences in Bocas.
We love Bocas. We always have a good time in Bocas.
We love going on all the boat rides, snorkeling, visiting red frog beach and more.
However, while we love to vacation there; we are not interested in living there.
Overall, it is too touristy for us.
Yes, there is garbage. But I have never experienced garbage to the extent the article mentions.
It is definitely more expensive than many other areas of Panama.
Bocas tends to have more variety of food than many other places in Panama. However, most is just the usual fare.
In many ways it is a paradise. However, the bugs can be bothersome – but not all the time.
I know people who own property in Bocas. I haven’t heard any complaints.
One thing the article doesn’t mention is that you cannot drink the water in Bocas.
It is the only place in Panama where we do not drink the water.
So in sum, Bocas is more expensive and buggy than other places in Panama.
However, it is beautiful. It is one of our favorite places to visit.
Sorry – I am late in responding. We lost Internet for a few days and I missed some of my incoming messages.
Tried to get on the waiting list for your “If I had only known“ but when I clicked the link in the confirmation email I ended up here: http://www.panamaproperties.org/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi
Bob
hum. thanks. I will look into that.
Sorry you were inconvenienced. I will send you a link when i figure it out.