Day 95 Monday (Lunes) - Panama City
Maybe the title of the blog says it all, but this is a great article about Panama being one of the top destinations in 2012 for not only vacationing, but for retiring or living abroad. Enjoy the article.
Panama has been enjoying an uninterrupted
economic boom with steady and significant growth in the nation's Gross
Domestic Product since 2003. More and more foreigners are "discovering"
Panama as a destination for both travel as tourists and to live full
time as expatriates. There are now an estimated 40,000 Americans living
in Panama full time, for example, and many more who visit regularly or
who spend part of the year here as "snowbirds." And just as winter is
starting to kick in up North, down here the dry season - known locally
as "verano" (summer) is starting to make its presence known. If
you're just starting to investigate Panama, the best time of the year
weather wise are the months of January, February and March, with less
rain, blue skies with white puffy clouds, lower humidity, and gentle
breezes. Generally speaking the worse the weather is up North, the
better it is down here, and it lasts until Spring.
Panama Featured On NBC Today Show : Panama was featured on the NBC
Today Show with Matt Lauer in a piece entitled "
12 Must See Travel Destinations For 2012"
(click the link to see the video). Panama isn't a hidden secret or a
surprise destination. In
the piece they sort of say "get down to Panama before everyone else
finds out about it, before it's too late." Of course I love this kind of
publicity and exposure for Panama. Here's the text of
the interview:
- "Matt: Few locations make the list down south, st. vin gent acent and the gr grenadines, but your pick is panama.
- Nilou: If you've been to Belize and craving the Central
American excitement this is the place to go. Frank Gehry is building a
"bio museo", a museum devoted to biodiversity. The panama canal is
having a $5.6 billion expansion happening in a couple of years.
- Matt: ...to accommodate the super ships...
- Nilou: ...and great hotels, Manray, a great hotel.
- Matt: We were there for "where in the world" and we saw a lot of americans and all said they loved it.
- Nilou: Go before it changes. This is the moment to go."
So what are you waiting for, Come To Panama And Turn Your Frown Upside Down.
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