While at Carlos and Esther Alicia’s, we met Walter and Pia –over wine and cheese, etc. Now this is a story: They are also Argentineans and have lived here only three years. Why Panamá? Compared to home, this place is a paradise, they said. They are sending money to their daughter and son-in-law back home [...]
Archive for July, 2008
24.5 Middle class blues
Posted in Panama, consumerism, culture, real estate, tagged culture, economic refugees, middle class, Panama on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As an example of what I like most about Panamá (the people) was Caridad. We didn’t even buy her services but she helped us with contacts that might help us re-locate. She was so upbeat-she didn’t even hate Colón! She just saw the glorious possibilities for that city, if only… We got the names of [...]
