Boquete in the News
Beautiful Boquete
April 1, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Note to self, start printing “It’s Better in Boquete” bumper stickers.
Panama offers a long list of delights for all the senses, but few rival the mountain top views, lush tropical rain forests, and friendly people of Boquete.
Boquete has been compared to the fashionable resort towns that pepper the White Mountains of northern New England.
Its lofty [...]
Boquete Panama… Ex-Pat Paradise
March 29, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
The quaint mountain village of Boquete in Panama is quickly becoming one of the world’s premier retirement destinations.
The combination of lush rain forests, breath taking mountain views, and a low cost of living is like a magnet for the world’s seniors.
When asked why Boquete, a white haired Ex-Pat from Detroit quipped, “Why Not? What’s not [...]
Poetic Panama Inspires US Ex-Pats
February 6, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
“O Land of Love and Pleasure,
Of soft and languorous days,
Of brilliant flowers and sunny hours,
How shall I sing thy praise?”
This poem by an anonymous writer in the 16th century expresses the love affair visitors and residents have had with Panama for hundreds of years. Today, Panama continues to write its name on the world stage [...]
In Boquete You Can Wake Up and Really Smell The Coffee
May 9, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
When you vacation in the fabled Boquete region of Panama you will find that this is a coffee lover’s heaven on earth.
Boquete’s majestic mountains are actually the remains of an ancient volcano that left the entire region buried under a thick layer of volcanic ash millions of years ago. Eons of wind and rain have [...]
Boquete is full of Adventure
February 26, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
The Boquete valley and the Caldera river basin have always been a natural attraction for the many indigenous peoples, local residents and foreign visitors who have been fortunate enough to travel or live in this area. But only in recent times has the work of professional guides and outfitters in Boquete become a major industry [...]
Boquete – A friendly town among the hills
February 26, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
By Chris Kraul for the Los Angeles Times – boquete, PANAMA — New Zealand was too far, the south of France too cold and Colombia too unsafe for Casey and Susan Koehler. So the former Floridians settled quite happily on this mild and isolated coffee-growing town in western Panama for their retirement home. A former [...]
Boquete Culture
February 26, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
One of my biggest concerns when we decided to pack up all our things and move to Boquete, Panama was “how will I keep busy?” I had been working full time, had a lot of friends and there was an abundance of things to do in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Boquete is a small town. I [...]
