Welcome to The PanaFamilia Podcast , with Eduardo & Nicole….where we discuss our experience relocating to & raising our three young children here in Panama; share our journey of building our new farm and home here in Central America; and let you know what we’re learning along the way. We’re glad you’re here! Vaminos!
This week is our Panama City Trip Recap! We visited Panama City back in October 2023 for a 3 (turned 4) day weekend to visit the USA Embassy. We needed to go to the Embassy to complete some business regarding our Panamanian drivers licenses.The trip included lots of good food, beautiful architecture, an amazing Airb&b, and….the beginning of the protests here in Panama. We ended up releasing our “Protests In Panama” episodes before this, because we thought they were more important to hear. But our Panama City trip was lots of fun and we’re excited to share it with you.Visit this link to see the AirB&B we stayed at in Panama City.NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY!*Music used with permission from www.joystock.orgIf you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review!VISIT OUR FARM'S WEBSITEFOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAMDONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL
We bought land in Chiriqui, Panama! Today's episode is full of so much excitement, because we share all about our gorgeous piece of land & future farm, here in Las Lajas, Chiriqui, Panama. We purchased 7.1 hectares, or about 17 acres of overgrown pasture land, about 15 minutes from our favorite beach.We discuss the 6 non-negotiable features we were looking for in a piece of farm land here. We then talk about how we spent multiple weeks looking at different pieces of property and the 2-3 properties that really stood out to us. We share how the farm we ended up buying was not actually listed. It was shared with us by a local Panamanian realtor, and owned by a local Panamanian woman. We share how quickly we fell in love with it, the process of looking at it, putting an offer in, etc.Then we finish the episode up by talking about our vision for the farm, what we hope to build and accomplish there, and again how excited we are to get it all started!If you're looking to start your own homestead or sustainable farm in Central America, this episode would be a great listen for you!Thanks so much for listening.NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY!*Music used with permission from www.joystock.orgIf you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review!VISIT OUR FARM'S WEBSITEFOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAMDONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL
This Friday's episode we give you all an update on the protest situation here in Panama. As of the recording of this episode, it has been 20 days straight of blocking the main highway and nation wide protests. On the date that we release this episode, it has been 25 days, and the situation is the same.We discuss what it has been like finding food in the small grocery stores here; how we will soon be out of gas for our car and propane for cooking; how violence has escalated in some areas; that we are not seeing ANY SIGNS of this ending soon, and more....but most importantly we share that we are doing just fine, still enjoying living in this beautiful place, and that the Lord's constant provision is over us as a family.NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY!*Music used with permission from www.joystock.orgIf you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review!VISIT OUR FARM'S WEBSITEFOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAMDONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL
This Friday's episode is all about relocating with kids! There is a lot of information out there about retiring in Panama, but not a lot about relocating here as a young family. We wanted to share our experience thus far moving to a brand new country with three young kids.We discuss why we decided on the timing of our move; a bit about what is was like traveling internationally with young kids; the transition period after first arriving here; access to "kid's stuff" like food, diapers, supplies, etc; putting our oldest son in public school; doing EVERYTHING together; fun stuff we do with our kids here; how they are enjoying being here; and more.If you have young kids and are considering relocating internationally, specifically Central America, then this episode is for you!NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY!*Music used with permission from www.joystock.orgIf you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review!VISIT OUR FARM'S WEBSITEFOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAMDONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL
Today we're releasing a special episode pertaining to current events here in Panama in October/November 2023. The Panamanian President renewed a mining contract of an open pit copper mine on October 20, 2023, and since then nation wide protests and road blocks have gotten more and more intense. Starting Monday, October 23, a large portion of the PanAmerican Highway has been COMPLETELY BLOCKED with no traffic coming or going.In our conversation, we do not go into a ton of details about the politics of the situation, but mostly share our experience driving through the country of Panama to get home while encountering multiple road blocks and protests, finding food and resources when no supplies are being delivered because trucks can't get through, and discuss what we've seen throughout these 10 days of road blocks.Today's episode is longer than usual because this is a big deal in Panama right now.For some up to date info on the protests here in Panama, visit the I Go Panama websiteNEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY!*Music used with permission from www.joystock.orgIf you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review!VISIT OUR FARM'S WEBSITEFOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAMDONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL