Comments on: Panama http://blog.johnbaeyens.com/2007/08/panama-5/john/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:48:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Thorwald Westmaas http://blog.johnbaeyens.com/2007/08/panama-5/john/#comment-14366 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:29:45 +0000 http://blog.johnbaeyens.com/2007/08/panama-5/john/#comment-14366 Yes John, I look forward to seeing you too. Indeed, development is continuing at a fast pace although some big project have been cancelled or restructured. I think we 'll have a boom for at least another 5+ years. After that I think you'll can start looking for bargains :-). The City of Knowledge is also booming. The United Nations are moving all their regional headquarters here and more and more organizations are seeing its benefits. Livig in Panama is just 'easy'. As to the culture of Panama or lack of it? Well, such people should read some books. There's more indigenous groups here than in any other Central American country. All the gold from Peru came through Panama and you can still see the marks of that fascinating history. Yes, the Scott were here too. What a disaster it was. Read more about it and Panama's history in a book called 'The Golden Isthmus' by David Howarth (1966). No country in the region has a cultural mix like Panama. The Chinese, the descendants of the people from the West Indies, Jews, Arabs, Spanish, it's all one big potpourri living together. Yes, Panama has its problems too but not more than any developing country in Latin America. And, the roads are a LOT better than those in Costa Rica !! :-) Yes John, I look forward to seeing you too. Indeed, development is continuing at a fast pace although some big project have been cancelled or restructured. I think we ‘ll have a boom for at least another 5+ years. After that I think you’ll can start looking for bargains :-) .

The City of Knowledge is also booming. The United Nations are moving all their regional headquarters here and more and more organizations are seeing its benefits. Livig in Panama is just ‘easy’.

As to the culture of Panama or lack of it? Well, such people should read some books. There’s more indigenous groups here than in any other Central American country. All the gold from Peru came through Panama and you can still see the marks of that fascinating history. Yes, the Scott were here too. What a disaster it was. Read more about it and Panama’s history in a book called ‘The Golden Isthmus’ by David Howarth (1966).

No country in the region has a cultural mix like Panama. The Chinese, the descendants of the people from the West Indies, Jews, Arabs, Spanish, it’s all one big potpourri living together.

Yes, Panama has its problems too but not more than any developing country in Latin America. And, the roads are a LOT better than those in Costa Rica !! :-)

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