Author Archives: Kris Cunningham

Unknown's avatar

About Kris Cunningham

We live in David, Chiriqui Provence, Republic of Panama! This blog is about some of our experiences in our new country.

On Being Fat

Overweight and obesity are such a huge problems for so many people. Eat less, move more. Easy. Yeah right. Yes, there are success stories but they are few and far between. Oprah Winfrey has every resource there is, but she … Continue reading

Posted in Panama | 28 Comments

We Wanted some Pork…

so we bought a whole pig. (Warning, this post has pictures of pork, some of which look quite pig-like) We bought a pig in the past which worked out very well. We didn’t know how to cut it up though … Continue reading

Posted in Panama | 18 Comments

Feliz Año Nuevo

Another trip around the sun, as they say. This is a perfect time to reflect on the passing year and to think about the coming one. What did I say last year? Don’t allow the blog to feel like a … Continue reading

Posted in Panama | 18 Comments

Shopping at Paso Canoas

Paso Canoas is the town on the border between Panama and Costa Rica on the PanAmerican highway. I’d been there a number of times to cross the border but hadn’t spent much time exploring the shops there. Many people go … Continue reading

Posted in Panama | 12 Comments

Another Great Christmas in Panama

It was a great holiday weekend here! It started Friday night. Joel’s band had a gig in Boquete. I went along and saw some good friends, enjoyed the music, and had a really nice evening. Even the drive up was … Continue reading

Posted in Panama | 13 Comments

Article on David

Joel found a good article about David. You can read it at http://vivatropical.com/panama/david/ It looks like the article is about three years old, judging by the comments. The airport expansion is now finished but there are still no direct flights to … Continue reading

Posted in Panama | 8 Comments

Just a Day

I was going to say it was just an ordinary day, but days never seem ordinary here. There is always something new and interesting. This morning we went to the supermarket and saw a police truck in the parking lot, and … Continue reading

Posted in Panama | 11 Comments

Scorpions and other Things

We usually don’t see many scorpions but this week we have seen four. There was a mother with babies in the corner of the terrace. Joel was surprised in the kitchen by a baby who ran across the counter top. He … Continue reading

Posted in Panama | 6 Comments

It’s Rainy Season, It’s Dry Season

We are going through the transition from rainy to dry season here on the Pacific side of Panama. The Caribbean side, just a few hours away, has an entirely different weather pattern. It rains whenever it wants to and there … Continue reading

Posted in Panama | 10 Comments

Boquete Clouds Video

It seems the Boquete folks have been having a video festival, and my friend Phil Bennett has entered his work. This video has a lot of beautiful time lapse video of clouds rolling over the mountains (and I love clouds … Continue reading

Posted in Panama | 2 Comments