Country Archive
Nice Digs
Date: 02/08/2004Nice Digs: "I spend a lot of time in hotels. Seldom do I visit one so remarkable I'm inspired to tell you about it. Here's the exception: the Hotel Bristol in Panama City..."
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One Night on Contadora
Date: 02/05/2004One Night on Contadora: "By sundown, a steady breeze had settled in that kept Contadora cool all night. We met for dinner in the open-air dining room and repositioned our table so each of us had a view of the sea in the direction of Panama City..."
Read OnBoom Towns
Date: 01/31/2004Boom Towns: It's easy to be spoiled in this place. One of our friends in Panama City has a full-time maid, a part-time gardener, a driver on call... he eats out three or four nights a week... goes to nightclubs with his friends...
Read OnFire Sale
Date: 12/14/2003Many of these four-plexes in Panama City still need renovation, while others such as this unit have been completely remodeled inside and out.
Read OnRebirth of Casco Viejo
Date: 09/24/2003The young Panamanian directed us a couple of blocks down the street, away from the square. Nothing closer, he assured us. It was Friday night...and this was Casco Viejo. The place was hopping.
Read OnIsla Contadora: 15 Days to Go
Date: 09/02/2003I'll try not to say I told you so...but Panama's Pearl Islands, and especially Contadora, will be a household name in another 15 days...and property prices will likely soar.
Read OnLatin America's Boom Towns
Date: 08/31/2003We left Managua, where road crews and heavy equipment predominated the landscape (and where we'd just finished our Latin American Investment Symposium)...
Read OnWhere Have All the Gringos Gone?
Date: 08/20/2003Casco Viejo, with its 17th- and 18th-century Spanish and French architecture, is by far the most charming area of P