Tour Guide, Panama City, Panama
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Why retiring or move to Panama?
Recently, friends of my husband arrived home from New Hampshire for a visit and a walk, and after several days our friend Cassandra liked what she saw in Panama and asked me what possibility there is to move to Panama and how to do it, I replied that It was very easy to do with a retiree or investor visa and the costs are very reasonably priced.
I told her that I had the opportunity to buy houses from 3 to 4 bedrooms 2 and 3 bathrooms at very economic prices or rent for less than half that in the USA, the costs of electricity, water and telephone could pay less than $ 100.00.
For a place with $ 700.00 a month you can do market where you get fresh products of the day organic products at a good price, you can get someone to clean your house for about $ 20.00 to $ 25.00, retirees are entitled to discounts on food and medicines, In Panama we have good medical hospitals with great experience, throughout the country there are shopping centers, restaurants with all kinds of supply and trends of cuisine there is a rich international and folkloric cuisine.
If you like sports you can do golf, surfing, kayaking, trekking, skateboarding, horseback riding, scuba, sailing, fishing you can fish in two oceans in less than 3 hours, sky boarding, kiteboarding and much more!
When buying cars or renting them there are many specialized companies that can give you help, for real estate you can buy a property without much effort there are many who use real estate agents but others who do them for themselves.
There are 50% of Panamanians who speak English and if they do not speak it there are many interpreters and suitable translators. Almost all doctors, lawyers and all types of professionals can communicate with you freely and fluently.
By spending some time in Panama it is easy to get accustomed to the rhythm of life and to orient yourself and not lose yourself in the city or in a small city.
Personal security as in every big city there are bad people and risks, but if one is a little alert and does not seek to be in places of care or dangerous be sure that it is very difficult for something bad to happen to you, as anywhere you have to be secure of the transport that you take, where you enter and where you walk. Still in Panama there are towns where people live without closing the door of their houses.
Banking and Politics is said to be the Switzerland of Central America by its Banking Association, Free Zone, Panama Canal, Panama Ports, its trans-national investors, in politics more than 30 years after the fall of the military regime, Have held 5 presidential elections where political transitions have been respected each time.
Religion and community I believe that all denominations of worship are represented in our country, Evangelicals, Pentecostal Evangelicals, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, Hebrews, Orthodox Christians, Bahai, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and Catholics. Each ethnic group is represented and present as well as by nationality, Italians, Spaniards, French, Canadians, and Americans. The American community is very present in Panama City, Pedasí and Boquete Chiriquí.