The PanaFamilia Podcast

The PanaFamilia Podcast

di Eduardo & Nicole Trujillo
Bambini e famigliaVIaggi e luoghi
Stagione 4

What our beach trips look like // living by a tropical beach in Panama // Playa Las Lajas

In our second to last episode of Season 4, we are talking about our favorite thing to do here in our beautiful little Panamanian town - go to the beach! We have a few different "versions" of our beach trip and we share what those look like. The early morning sunrise quick trip, the Sunday pre-waffle relaxed trip, and the longer- take an ice chest and snacks- beach trip. Playa Las Lajas is a huge, sandy, safe, clean water beach to hang out and play at, with very few people, not many big wave days and plenty of space to run around on the sand. It is only about 10-15 minutes from our farm and that was a BIG reason we decided to buy this specific piece of property in Panama. Milk cows and surf and harvest clams and homeschool and cook and clean and do laundry and take a nap all in the same day! Eduardo and I have both loved the beach, surfing, the ocean, sand, tropical locations and California beaches for as long as we can remember - so the beach is something that has always been a place we spend time at, a place we got to know each other at when we dated, and a place we went to for rest, relaxation and fun. We hope you enjoy this episode and if you get the chance to visit a beach in Panama, you should definitely check out Playa Las Lajas in Chiriqui! ------------------ UPCOMING WOMEN'S CIRCLES IN BOQUETE, PANAMA:: Saturday, October 17, 2026; Saturday, December 19, 2026. Find more details and RSVP here. If you have questions about moving to Las Lajas, Chiriqui, check out our website for more information about our relocation tours. --------------------- >> What do you want to learn about or hear about most? Leave us a comment and/or write me (Nicole) an email at [nourishfarmturlock (at) gmail.com ] and let me know! We would love to hear from you. << *** To join the waitlist for our educational farm tours and Panama family relocation tours, visit this page of our website and add your name and email to the form. Follow along with our life and #domehomepanama progress via our Instagrams @nourishfarmpanama and @edddduuuaaaarrdddoooo --------------------- If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST VISIT THE NOURISH FARM PANAMA WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org & pixbay.com
S4 · E18
28 set 2026
35:31

Driving in Panama & getting a Panamanian drivers license

Today's episode was recorded during a huge storm, so you'll hear some rain and a few loud peels of thunder! This week's episode of The PanaFamilia Podcast we're sharing all about how to get a drivers license in Panama (pretty easy!) and what is is like driving around here. Eduardo and Nicole talk about driving in small towns, busier towns, on the PanAmerican and in Panama City. Don't worry, it only took visiting Panama City 10 times to figure out how to get around without going in circles. Google Maps & Waze works great here and once you hit the middle of the country it is pretty smooth sailing, not much traffic at all. Getting a drivers license in Panama is linked up with your residency, so we suggest using your lawyer to help you the first time. After that you just set up renewal appointments yourself. Simple hearing and vision test, $25, and you're good to go! We hope you enjoy and as always thanks for listening! UPCOMING WOMEN'S CIRCLES IN BOQUETE, PANAMA:: Saturday, October 17, 2026; Saturday, December 19, 2026. Find more details and RSVP here. If you have questions about moving to Las Lajas, Chiriqui, check out our website for more information about our relocation tours. --------------------- >> What do you want to learn about or hear about most? Leave us a comment and/or write me (Nicole) an email at [nourishfarmturlock (at) gmail.com ] and let me know! We would love to hear from you. << *** To join the waitlist for our educational farm tours and Panama family relocation tours, visit this page of our website and add your name and email to the form. Follow along with our life and #domehomepanama progress via our Instagrams @nourishfarmpanama and @edddduuuaaaarrdddoooo --------------------- If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST VISIT THE NOURISH FARM PANAMA WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org & pixbay.com
S4 · E17
14 set 2026
33:55

Life in Las Lajas // get an insider look into this small cowboy/beach town in Chiriqui Province, that we call home

In this week’s episode of The PanaFamilia Podcast, we are giving you an insider look into our lovely little town of Las Lajas, Chiriqui! If you were to take a drive here, come for a visit or stay for a while - what would you see and what would it feel like? Why do we love it here? What are we willing to “live without” for the perks of a small, safe, peaceful town in a beautiful tropical beach town? We talk about the layout of the town , the layout of the beach area, local events, businesses, community support and services you can find here. **You’ll also find out if Eduardo should have been on the big screen! …instead of sitting behind a laptop recording only audio. Join us for a fun episode and if you have visited or plan to visit Las Lajas, let us know in the comments! If you have questions about moving to Las Lajas, check out our website for more information about our relocation tours. --------------------- >> What do you want to learn about or hear about most? Leave us a comment and/or write me (Nicole) an email at [nourishfarmturlock (at) gmail.com ] and let me know! We would love to hear from you. << *** To join the waitlist for our educational farm tours and Panama family relocation tours, visit this page of our website and add your name and email to the form. Follow along with our life and #domehomepanama progress via our Instagrams @nourishfarmpanama and @edddduuuaaaarrdddoooo --------------------- If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST VISIT THE NOURISH FARM PANAMA WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org & pixbay.com
S4 · E16
7 set 2026
34:03

Our tropical permaculture farm - how we planned our home and gardens with permaculture principles, what we're growing and more

Today's episode is a fun one and all about the food and plants we grow here on our tropical farm in Panama, and how we planned out our home and farm from scratch. We discuss how we were able to start with basically a blank slate, piece of raw pasture land and create roads that connected our out-buildings, how we decided where to put our home, where to plant trees, where to place our gardens, and how everything eventually found it's perfect place. We discuss plants and trees that grow super easy here and plants that are more challenging. Nicole talks about her green house vegetable garden- what has worked and what has been difficult. We share about how permaculture principles gave us the foundation for how we would set up everything from the water management, to access roads, to where we put our fruit trees. Enjoy today's episode! --------------------- >> What do you want to learn about or hear about most? Leave us a comment and/or write me (Nicole) an email at [nourishfarmturlock (at) gmail.com ] and let me know! We would love to hear from you. << *** To join the waitlist for our educational farm tours and Panama family relocation tours, visit this page of our website and add your name and email to the form. Follow along with our life and #domehomepanama progress via our Instagrams @nourishfarmpanama and @edddduuuaaaarrdddoooo --------------------- If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST VISIT THE NOURISH FARM PANAMA WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org & pixbay.com
S4 · E15
31 ago 2026
40:41

Cell phones for foreigners in Panama - will your cell phone work here? What do we use? How to get a local number & more!

In this week's episode of The PanaFamilia Podcast, we're talking all about cell phones, cell providers, the importance of WhatsApp, what we use for cell service here in Panama, cell phone repairs and more! If you have an AT&T unlimited plan from USA, you automatically have the Latin America plan, which means you can use your cell phone like normal down here without changing your plan. For everyone else, there are a variety of options you can choose from! Getting cell phone service here is super easy and doesn't require long, expensive contracts. You can buy data chips at any grocery store and start using a Panamanian phone number right away. We also discuss how important WhatsApp is in Panama, and for most of the world excluding USA. If you have wi-fi and WhatsApp, you will be able to get along quite well here, as all businesses and most people communicate through WhatsApp! >> What do you want to learn about or hear about most? Leave us a comment and/or write me (Nicole) an email at [nourishfarmturlock (at) gmail.com ] and let me know! We would love to hear from you. << *** To join the waitlist for our educational farm tours and Panama family relocation tours, visit this page of our website and add your name and email to the form. Follow along with our life and #domehomepanama progress via our Instagrams @nourishfarmpanama and @edddduuuaaaarrdddoooo --------------------- If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST VISIT THE NOURISH FARM PANAMA WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org & pixbay.com
S4 · E14
24 ago 2026
23:46

The PanaFamilia Booze Cruise! All about booze in Panama - what alcohol you can find here; wines from around the world and what we like!

This week's episode is all about booze! (Sorry mom). Eduardo and Nicole like to enjoy an evening drink most days and thought it would be fun to share about the kind of alcohol you can find here in Panama. We talk about local beers and local microbreweries- Casa Bruja is the best! We discuss how you can find wines from around the world here! Panama imports wines from France, Argentina, Chile, Spain, Italy, United States and more. We talk about our favorite rum, Ron Abuelo 7 años. And we of course share about our favorite homemade cocktail, the rum and lime, perfect for the end of a long, hot, busy, sweaty day, when we're sitting on the terrazza watching our cows and the sunset, with the kids running around. ** This episode does include discussions about alcohol obviously, but we still keep it pretty PG, if you happen to be listening around your kids. >> What do you want to learn about or hear about most? Leave us a comment and/or write me (Nicole) an email at [nourishfarmturlock (at) gmail.com ] and let me know! We would love to hear from you. << *** To join the waitlist for our educational farm tours and Panama family relocation tours, visit this page of our website and add your name and email to the form. Follow along with our life and #domehomepanama progress via our Instagrams @nourishfarmpanama and @edddduuuaaaarrdddoooo --------------------- If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST VISIT THE NOURISH FARM PANAMA WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org & pixbay.com
S4 · E13
17 ago 2026
29:34

All about parenting - our philosophy and how its evolved; why 1 kid is harder than 3; letting kids be free and much more!

Hi guys! Today Eduardo and Nicole talk all about parenting. We share how wonderful and fulfilling it is to be parents, even through all the challenges and difficult times. We talk about how once you have multiple kids, your family actually runs smoother and you have more time for yourself because lots of kids means they can help each other sometimes. We talk about how children are an integral part of a family and society and not just little "annoyances" that get in the way until they grow up. (We were all kids once, right?) We talk about unschooling a little bit. We share how giving kids freedom to do what they enjoy, find their own interests, and entertain themselves produces creative, forward thinking children versus kids that are just bossed around all day long and have no mind of their own. Another thing we discuss is allowing kids to learn conflict resolution on their own - by not always stepping in to ease arguments, fights or disagreements. >> What do you want to learn about or hear about most? Leave us a comment and/or write me (Nicole) an email at [nourishfarmturlock (at) gmail.com ] and let me know! We would love to hear from you. << *** To join the waitlist for our educational farm tours and Panama family relocation tours, visit this page of our website and add your name and email to the form. Follow along with our life and #domehomepanama progress via our Instagrams @nourishfarmpanama and @edddduuuaaaarrdddoooo --------------------- If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST VISIT THE NOURISH FARM PANAMA WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org & pixbay.com
S4 · E12
10 ago 2026
42:46

Travel Series: Bogota, Colombia with a family of 5 - amazing museums, botanical gardens, great restaurants

In today's episode we're excited to share about our trip for Nicole's 40th birthday to Bogota, Colombia! We took our three young children for a 5 day trip to Bogota back in March and had an amazing time! In this episode, we share the different museums we went to and how great they were; the delicious restaurants we went to; how much we loved the botanical gardens and how Eduardo almost cried when we ate the most amazing pozole at a small Mexican restaurant there. We would recommend Bogota to anyone looking to get some cool weather, amazing architecture, good coffee and wonderful museums (at a very affordable price). Check it out! >> What do you want to learn about or hear about most? Leave us a comment and/or write me (Nicole) an email at [nourishfarmturlock (at) gmail.com ] and let me know! We would love to hear from you. << *** To join the waitlist for our educational farm tours and Panama family relocation tours, visit this page of our website and add your name and email to the form. Follow along with our life and #domehomepanama progress via our Instagrams @nourishfarmpanama and @edddduuuaaaarrdddoooo --------------------- If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST VISIT THE NOURISH FARM PANAMA WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org & pixbay.com
S4 · E11
3 ago 2026
27:39

Super El Niño 2026 // how we are noticing it here in Panama already

This week's episode of The PanaFamilia Podcast starts out with some shoutouts and reviews from our wonderful listeners! Be sure to listen in on those; we love hearing from you guys! Then Eduardo and Nicole give a short little fun & silly movie "review" of The Hail Mary Project, since we hardly watch new movies anymore! We then get into today's topic, which is how the 2026 "super El Niño" is already affecting us here in Panama and what it means in general for the northern hemisphere. We talk about regular weather patterns here in Panama and how they have been different this year already. Less rain, longer dry season, and lots of suuuuper windy rain storms when the water does come. We'd love to hear from you! Where are you at in the world and how is El Niño affecting you? Share with us in the comments. >> What do you want to learn about or hear about most? Leave us a comment and/or write me (Nicole) an email at [nourishfarmturlock (at) gmail.com ] and let me know! We would love to hear from you. << *** To join the waitlist for our educational farm tours and Panama family relocation tours, visit this page of our website and add your name and email to the form. Follow along with our life and #domehomepanama progress via our Instagrams @nourishfarmpanama and @edddduuuaaaarrdddoooo --------------------- If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST VISIT THE NOURISH FARM PANAMA WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org & pixbay.com
S4 · E10
27 lug 2026
35:20

World Cup excitement! A special episode on how we've been following the World Cup from Panama.

Eduardo thought it would be really fun to do an episode on the 2026 World Cup this week. When this episode is released it will be the day after the Final Game, we recorded before the final game, so we didn't know the winners yet. Living in Panama, we have seen first hand how excited basically every other country outside of the USA gets over fútbol (soccer)! Restaurants and shops have flags up everywhere, every store is selling FIFA balls, hats and jerseys. Watch parties have been happening all month and we have been watching a lot of soccer in our house! The boys have really gotten into the games and playing soccer all the time now! It has been fun to see the excitement between all the boys and Eduardo, as he grew up watching the World Cup and other fútbol games with his dad - so he is carrying on the family traditions. Have fun listening and we hope you got a chance to enjoy some of the World Cup 2026 excitement! >> What do you want to learn about or hear about most? Leave us a comment and/or write me (Nicole) an email at [nourishfarmturlock (at) gmail.com ] and let me know! We would love to hear from you. << *** To join the waitlist for our educational farm tours and Panama family relocation tours, visit this page of our website and add your name and email to the form. Follow along with our life and #domehomepanama progress via our Instagrams @nourishfarmpanama and @edddduuuaaaarrdddoooo --------------------- If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST VISIT THE NOURISH FARM PANAMA WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org & pixbay.com
S4 · E9
20 lug 2026
32:26
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