Getting shelled by the sea

Day 195 Saturday (Sabado) - Playa Corona

I bet the title got you here to read today's blog! No I am not talking about drinking. I am talking about walking the beach and rocks at low tide to find many living creatures of the sea.

There was a bunch of us that went out with a Marine Biologist yesterday in Playa Corona to explore and learn about sea life. It was a 2 1/2 hour adventure and learning experience.  For those of you that read this blog a lot, we walk the beach everyday and we have a nice collection of shells already, but now we will be overturning rocks and checking out some unique things we never thought possible, or better put, scared to do. LOL.

Our adventure in pictures

The Radio Show - featuring Silvard

Day 194 Friday (Viernes) - Playa Coronado

We once again were broadcasting live from the Coronado Beach & Golf Resort in Coronado. We had a number of guests and our largest in studio audience to date, it was a great time for all involved. Check out the archived broadcast at http://overseasradio.com/the-man-in-panama/

I also want to broadcast Silvards website and his music as he is a concert level Pianist. Check out a tasting of his work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ-RCfdWp9w. And of course he was playing for all of us live on the radio show so listen in, will ya!!!!

Also check out www.silvard.com

Check out this deal - Whatcha waiting for?

Day 193 Thursday(Jueves) - Playa Coronado

You have to take a look closely at this deal that is being offered by our good friends at Re/Max Beaches & City! Panama in conjunction with Bern Developer. This deal is for everyone interested in taking a look at Panama as a place to live and/or invest.  This is a limited time offer so LET'S TAKE ACTION.
You will be staying in 4 and 5 star hotels. You will have the opportunity to look at different Bern Buildings to evaluate their quality and locations. Talk to the developer about financing, if needed. This is a can't miss opportunity - So Come To Panama and Turn Your Frown Upside Down.

Where is the rain?

Day 192 Wednesday (Miercoles) - Playa Coronado

The season it is a changing down here in Panama. OK so it is still nice and toasty warm (HOT) but you can actually feel the humidity creeping in more as the rains have been falling. Actually wet season has started off kind of slow this year, we are now mid-April and we have seen only a few days of rain and not very much at that. But all of us down here know, when it kicks into high gear we will be quite wet.

Actually, the little bit of rain we have received has made a noticeable difference in the landscape, grass is turning greener, the mountainsides are blooming, so it is starting.  Many folks we talk to say they like rainy season better than dry season, as the country becomes much more beautiful with the greenery versus the dry dusty brown look we all have been looking at for months now.  The rain by the way usually will NOT wipe out your full day down here, it will rain most days in mid to late afternoon and give you a good washing for a few hours and then go away. I say usually this happens but you never know when that will change.  Plus it is kind of nice to see clouds blocking the sun on and off, although we love the sun it can be quite burning when you are 9 degrees north of the equator.

It's a 60's revolution, or more?

Day 191 Tuesday (Martes) - Playa Coronado

As we look at what is going on in the world, especially economically, you start to wonder WTF, OK we have all been wondering WTF for a very long time. With no disrespect for generations before us and our generation, but we seem to be in a constant state of war and financial upheaval.

How can a country, as powerful and rich(supposedly) as the US, always be at war with some other place and be so far in debt?  I am 49 years old and remember slightly what went on in the 60's with the protests as I was just a youngest, and as you age you look back and say, maybe they had it right!!!!  Why on earth are we always at war with someone else? Why on earth do we have a system of taxation that rewards bad behavior? Wasn't America founded by some individuals who had the balls to snub their noses at their government to create a better life for them and their families? Of course they were also called Unpatriotic for leaving the mother ship, but then they created a whole new system based on smaller government and LIMITED taxation. I think this is what the good folks in the Tea Party are looking for!

Since the beginning of this great earth many empires have been created and ALL of them have fallen, the Romans, The Mayans, The Mings, on and on and on, Now maybe the US has gotten us into a similar spiral. I know, I know, it can't happen to us, were America. Home of the free and the brave but we need to pay attention better.

I had this discussion the other night with a Canadian friend of mine and funny, he is 15 years older than me, from a completely different country than I, and WOW we had the exact, I mean exact thought process on these topics. So we determined that there are many more of us out there that think alike but are stuck not knowing how to remove themselves from the situation, we say, talk with us or someone else you know that did this. I am not only talking about moving to a place like Panama, I am talking about finding your place and  removing yourself from the controlling governments who know what is best for you!!!!!

I implore you to listen to the Overseas Radio Network, try it for a few days, listen to what people are saying. I know many folks that listen to Rush, watch Beck and O'Reilly, I did. They have it part right, they are on the right path, especially Beck, looked what happened to him - he upset the powers that be and they removed him. I say pay attention to Beck and what these folks on the overseas radio network are saying.

Until tomorrow

A Global Network of like minded individuals

Day 190 Monday (Lunes) - Playa Coronado

We spent some time sitting out back on the patio talking with friends from various backgrounds. Panamanian, American, and Canadian. The discussions are very similar to others we also talk with. WHY are you here and what do you see going on back in your home country.  We all come from different walks of life yet we all have a common thread, Americanism is destroying the very fabric that was originally created and we don't even see it happening (well some of us do ;))

A big election is going to happen in the US this year and from where we sit we see the same things going on that will have no impact in making America right. In Panama, away from the government where the real people live, we see free markets happening all day long. You have something I need and I have something you need, so we trade and/or share it, no money changes hands, what for? Now I know this seems antiquated, but isn't that how free markets work? Now capitalism, we talk about all the time, not free markets anymore, well to us capitalism works very similar to free markets, EXCEPT, profit needs to be made on the trade/sharing that takes place and government needs to control and regulate the deal. So if I have a chicken and give you a dozen eggs and you have a cow and give me some milk - that's free markets, but the same exchange in capitalism will be (well my milk is more expensive than your eggs so you give me the eggs plus something else for the milk) O, (and the government will say, wait you can't sell or trade that milk or eggs until we check it out).
GET MY POINT.

So here we are today in huge amounts of debt and it is looking like we have no place to go but down, further in debt until the whole system gets a reset. Anyone have one of those big red EASY buttons from the staples commercials?

OK, off to some local rum and coconut water

Happy Easter

Day 189 Sunday (Domingo) - Playa Coronado

Happy Easter to all who celebrate. Kind of interesting here in Panama on this day. It seems most locals are more interested in getting in their cars and heading back to the city before the big traffic jam rush later on. Last night was big party night here in the beach area, music, drinks, etc... Made for an interesting Easter Eve.

The country here is mainly Catholic, like most Latin American countries, but Easter also coincides with the last long weekend of the summer as we discussed in yesterdays blog, so it is more partying than praying.

We will be with friends tonight for our Easter dinner, hope you are enjoying your family and friends today also.

Salud