Tag: Panama City Beaches

Surfer in Panama riding a wave break

The 6 Best Beach Breaks In Panama For Catching The Surf

March 10, 2016

Six Spots In Panama’s City Beaches For Surfers To Get Stoked About

It’s never too late—or too early, for that matter—to take on a new hobby. When I moved to Panama, I promised myself that retirement was going to be a new chapter (one of many to come) in my life and not a final one. Rocking chairs and shuffleboard were not part of my plan. Travel, giving back, and personal growth were.

To that end, I’ve dove into a number of side projects since arriving. I tutor my neighbor’s children. I’m learning the ins and outs of property sales through my work at the burgeoning Los Islotes. I’m learning a new language. There are as many opportunities for

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Coronado Beach Panama

Expats In Coronado And Panama’s City Beaches

March 3, 2016

Expats Speak: 5 Things We Love About Coronado And Panama’s City Beaches (And 2 Things We Hate)

Since it’s summer in Panama, we here at Live and Invest Overseas have been writing—and thinking, to be honest—a lot about the beaches lately. Beaches in Bocas. Beaches on the Azuero Peninsula. Beaches in the San Blas Islands. The Pacific Beaches. It’s hard sometimes to stay focused on work when there are soft sands and umbrellas and mojitos in such easy reach.

I’m of course partial to my little corner of the coastline near the Los Islotes development where we are building a house, but I understand that different people have different criteria for judging a beach. Time and again among my expat friends here in Panama I hear that I should be giving the Pacific Beaches just west of Panama City more credit—not only because of the quality of the shoreline itself, but because of the quality of life overall for resident

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