About Jckeel2

Status:

Expatriate  

Gender:

Male

Currently Lives:

Citizen Of:

United States

Dual Citizen Of:

United States

Some Forum Posts:

Panama: Expat Centre?:

I agree the Elks club is fantastic place we love it there. Smileys in pedasi is a great place to meet expats, esp on sunday for football

Panama: Playa Uverito:

It is a very dirty beach. Lots of trash. nicer beaches are in pedasi. Las Tablas is nearest town, and we don't like it there but there are a few small places to eat. not much in las tablas, just have to go to town square and walk around

Panama: Shipping to Bocas:

ALLAN PITTI G.

Panama: What is Your Favorite Beach?:

There is a beach far into the jungle on the Azuero penninsula. It is about 40 minute drive over streams, and small rivers..Past cambutal. It is as if no one has been there and untouched by civilization...IT IS PARADISE!!

Panama: What are your weekly expenses:

we live outside of pedasi. Rent: 200 electricity (hotter here) 100 gas 80 per month, for car we smoke 100-200 dog 30 propane for stove last about 2 months for us 5.00 I bake my own bread go to grocery store rey once every 6-8 wks 300. locally we buy from fisherman and produce man that come buy 10-20 per month. beer: 30 per month (that is alot) That is about 800 per month. We do not eat out much cause I like to cook. If we do maybe once a month or so.

Panama: opportunity near pedasi:

Due to health issue, lack of somethings here we have to go back the states. We are currently renting a home near pedasi for 200 per month. It is a 2bedroom 1 bath. We americanized it tile and AC. We have purchased all of the furniture and appliances and all of the household things. King size bed. you name it we have it. Also we have a car that can be sold too. Please email me if you are interested tlkeel74@gmail.com. We will probably be living in 1-2 months but if interested before let me know

Panama: Retirement in Las Tablas, Panama:

hello, We live in a town name los ascientos we are about 15 minutes outside of Pedasi. We rent a home (2bedroom 1 bath) for 200 per month. It was totally a panamanian home when we rented it. We negotiated with our landlord that we would fix it up to our standards and pay only $100pm. We had to buy all the appliances including an AC unit (you have to have AC out here). our highest electric bill has been 140 per month. We run our AC in one room all day long and use a fan to circulate to the rest of the home. It is very hot here but it is a different hot. ever been to phoenix it is like that generally a dry heat with a breeze here. We are from St. Louis, where humidity in the summer is unbearable. There is not really any shopping around us and we go once a month to Rey in Chitre about an hour and half away, otherwise get things we need in pedasi. There is some shopping in Las Tablas also but Las Tablas is not really our fav place it is crowded and hotter than where we live you do not get any air movement there. Chitre is even more crowded. We prefer the small town and don't mind the drive in. We live on less than 900 per month easily, we are able to save the rest for other things we may want to do. We did not bring a car, we bought here which cars here are expensive but cheaper than bringing your car here. We only brought with us a few bags and shipped a small flat here with a few boxes and rubbermaid containers. we have the name of great guy that we used for shipping. Our biggest surprise here is healthcare. We currently do not have a PCP. but we go to Las Tablas to the ER to get medication refills my husband takes pain medicine for nerve damage in the neck. He uses oxycodone 40mg 4x per day, and BP meds..ER visit is 2.00..We then go to Rita moreno hospital to get meds filled that is near chitre. We pay nothing for the meds? Not sure why that is but we have got it now 4 months in a row. Anyway..Email us if you have more questions-tlkeel74@gmail.com jim and Tammy keel

Panama: english speaking MD:

we are renting a home in Los Ascientos outside of pedasi. My husband is in need of an english speaking MD in the area of las tablas, chirte or pedasi if anyone knows one and a phone number to call. Thank you for you help

Panama: Lawyers:

we have used reinalda mata-kelly. Who was and still is fantastic

Panama: How does one obtain a police record?:

we just are at the end of obtaining all of our paperwork for our pensionado visa. As of August of 2012 the panamanian government is requiring that you obtain an FBI report. Go to the FBI website under background check and there if a form that you have to fill out stating the reason you are requesting it and you must ask them to authenticate and stamp the document or you will have to send it back. The cost is 18.00 send it next day USPS with return envelope. It took us 6 weeks to get the paperwork returned. Then the consulate has to authenticate the FBI report through you consulate near you. We had to send to wash DC. The forms sent to DC only took less than 2 weeks

Date Joined:

9/3/2012

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