Volcán
7 essays from our time in Volcán, in the order we wrote them.
We're in Volcán!
Yesterday, we made the 1.5 hour drive from Boquete to Volcán, Panama. While Boquete is beautiful, and many people choose it as a retirement destination, it didn't hold a whole lot of luster for us as a place to stay more than a few days. We found the town to be a bit too crowded and cramped for our…
Sunday in Volcan
On Sunday, we went to the Volcan LDS branch - what great and kind people! We even got invited to dinner this week by a sweet retired couple who maintain this website of pictures of Volcan. We may be seeing other members this week as well.
Horses and Haircuts
Monday morning I woke up early and got a fresh start on the day with some tai chi before anyone else was up. I also got some work done in the morning, and it felt good to get caught up a bit more.
Making friends in Volcan
Today we met and had lunch with a nice family we met on some Panama forums before we left. Bernie helps people protect assets and minimize taxes through foreign trusts and foundations, and we had some long talks about that. Marisol and Jen talked a bit about health and home schooling, both of which…
Pre-columbian Artifacts in Panama
Today we went to an archeological site called Sitio Barriles, near Volcan, which has unearthed hundreds of artifacts from the time roughly between 2000 B.C and 300 A.D.
More Friends in Volcan
The past couple days we've spent most of our time with people we've met here in Volcan. On Thursday, we drove Marisol around Cerro Punta, and the neighborhoods of Volcan, while she told us all about the area, how the farms work, what it's like to live here, the best places to buy different things,…
A Visit to Panama
As I mentioned in my last post, despite having a crazy drive and border crossing experience, we enjoyed our trip to Panama. I didn't take a whole lot of pictures, but I've been meaning to write about the trip for several days. So here we go.