Wednesday, January 16, 2008

San Blas is Calling!

After getting the book '1,000 Places to See Before you Die' for Christmas I realized I have been so close to one of those places but have never gotten around to visiting. I'm talking about the San Blas Islands in Panama.

Learn About PanamaThat's all about to change. On February 4 I'm off to San Blas! (Watch the blog for updates of my journey. I even plan on getting some video on here.)

This opportunity is just another one of the reasons I believe Panama is the Best Place to Live. It also makes Panama one of the Cheapest Places to Live - you might be thinking... what? Well, here I have the chance to visit one of the '1,000 Places to See Before You Die' and it's really going to cost me very little. For $60 I get picked up at Playon Chico and taken by canoe to the small island lodge; I am fed 3 meals a day; taken by a guide to deserted islands and other locations each day and stay in a fantastic cabana - check out the pics!


If you want to read about San Blas and why I'm so excited you can check out this recent article which appeared on the New York Times -

New York Times Explorer | San Blas Islands, Panama

Oh, and Watch the Blog for photo and video updates. I may even get around to figuring out how to do a PodCast!

4 comments:

Recipe Clipper said...

How beautiful! Where can I sign up? And you say it's inexpensive - this is great.

gpshephe said...

Can you talk about living there? What are the requirements? Visa, passport, citizenship? How long can we stay? Do they require a Panamanian bank account? Whats the cost of living? Looks wonderful.

gpshephe said...

Can you talk about living there? What are the requirements? Visa, passport, citizenship? How long can we stay? Do they require a Panamanian bank account? Whats the cost of living? Looks wonderful.

PanamaMark said...

Thanks for your great questions and comments. You can get a lot more information and answers to all of your questions in my free 'Letters form Panama' - just go to http://www.LearnAboutPanama.com
Also, you may want to check out my Learn About Panama Blog at http://blog.learnaboutpanama.com

Hope that helps!