The Plane Tickets are Bought

Finally on Sunday night I was able to get my husband to sit in front of the computer with me and schedule our trip dates. As soon as I hit “Purchase,” I was excited. July can’t come fast enough!

Of course, now the real work begins. Friends of friends know some people who have either moved to Panama recently or who grew up there, so our first step is to talk with them about where to go, what to see, and more importantly where to stay.

We’ll be flying into Panama City and want to stay there for at least a couple of days seeing some of the popular tourist sights like the canal. But as my husband says, this isn’t a trip about only seeing the tourist traps. We want to experience the real Panama.

To do this, we plan to rent a car and drive the 6 or 7 hours over to Boquete, which will be our final destination.

Apparently Boquete is where a lot of Americans are relocating, mostly because of the mountainous landscape and fantastic temperatures. Who wouldn’t love a high of 80 during the day and 60s at night? Sounds perfect.

We could fly from Panama City over to David and then drive another 45 minutes or so over to Boquete, but then we’d be missing the entire countryside. There are beaches to stop at, small towns to see, food and people to experience. We don’t want to miss anything!