Lately most side streets you pass in Bocas Town have a mini fruit stand selling pineapple, papaya, mango, melon, watermelon, oranges and banana and all at a really good price! They also sell fresh veggies! It is hard to buy a blender in town as a lot of people have discovered the taste of these fruit drink mixed together make a great healthy drink called a "batida" meaning "whipped" or batido meaning...
Talk about a change of scenery for Bocas Town from nobody on the streets during COVID19 to to record setting tourist in bathing attire, walking the streets in mass. Restaurants, bars, grocery stores, gift shops. water and land taxis, tours companies, hostels, hotel and street hustlers all benefitted after a slow take off in 2021. We believe that a new tourist record was set for 2022. Tourist season...
Some good things did come out of COVID. People realized that they did not need to stay in a land that has nasty weather, crowded living quarters, crowded streets, traffic jams, high rents / mortgage payments or civil unrest. With that in mind people from around the world decided life is short and no time but the present to make a life changing move to a better world. That better world for some...
Great news! Bocas Del Toro archipelago has just reported 0 cases of COVID 19. The government reports that it has been successful in it's vacs program, and that has helped turn the tables on the pandemic. November is the month that there are 5 major holidays with multi vacation days and very little in the way of government gets done. This month festive crowds from...
Paradise! We all want it, when you get it, what do you do with it? Sometimes in the tropics you have to do some trade offs. My wife and I, both sailors on different boats and times, were well equipped to live this Caribbean life. as we understand the term "less is more" in the way of your living conditions. You might have to tradeoff something for another something. You have to have a plan. My...
Doom and gloom and agony on me. I'll be damned if I didn't go catch COVID at the same time with my wife, in the same house!! I quickly realized that I was in for one of those life changing situations. First, women may not know it but us guys really are not faking it. Do you think we would fake something so we could not go outside and do what we do. Do you woman really think we want to be in the same...
Clients are asking us what is happening in the real estate market here in Bocas, so we thought we would give you a quick market history. We at Buena Vista Realty collectively have lived in the Bocas islands many years. Over the years we have seen this little Caribbean town and archipelago change at different times. Not to be righteous, we do not profess to having a crystal ball of our own to tell the...
Bocas has lost two favorite well respected sons. Andy Crawford , a long time Bocas resident from Texas passed recently. An accomplished musician with percussion instruments as well as mastering the steel drum, he will be greatly missed on the vibrant local Bocas music scene. He was also a surfer always riding the waves on Isla Carenero Point..On September 9th over 60 boaters, SUPers , kayakers and...
Current Update:UPDATE MARCH 1 2021Beaches are open, border is open, airports are open , restaurants are open, curfew is 5am until 10pm. Quite a few tourist are here ! Requiremants are face masks and COVID certified test are required for travelers.Get out of the cold and come down here and come enjoy the tropics!!! Past conditions no longer in effect.A curfew is in place for the holidays, All beaches...
April 2020: To me, Bocas Town looks and feels like it did 20 years ago. Peaceful, few cars, fewer boats, only a few businesses open. The Panamanian government has done a good job of taking serious measures to ward off the virus from coming to our islands. The borders and airports are closed. The only people here in Bocas are residents. All tourist have traveled back to their countries a month ago. If...