Comments on: Are You Being Served?

By: marcopolo

marcopolo — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:57:54 +0000

my cigar and vodka diet is working pretty well.
so far i’ve lost a lot of my short term memory and..um…ahhh…

By: Cojito

Cojito — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:58:18 +0000

i’ve only lived in panama city. to me - it’s first world. in my flat: cable TV (channels in spanish and english), high speed internet. power doesn’t go out often. and when it does its back on quickly.

there’s an asian mini market on the corner that has great fruits and veggies. several large supermarkets have whatever else i need. if you can adapt you should be ok.

in my experience its better to get your computer stuff in the states and bring it over. you can get help, find parts, and buy stuff here, but its more expensive and you have less options.

By: voyageur

voyageur — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:59:02 +0000

Compliments to cojito for all the information here. You have inspired me to think seriously about relocating to Panama. I would like ask a few practical questions about life in Panama’s major cities.

How reliable are the electric power, internet, TV and telephone services in Panama? I have lived in too many places where these things are a sometime, on and off again thing. A related question is: How long does it take to get these services installed -and fixed when they go out?

If you are a serious health food, vitamin, herbs, low fat food nut like me, are these things widely available? Are there big shops here like the GNC, Wild Oats health food stores in the US?

Are there big computer stores and any equivalent to a WalMart