Tag Archives: expatriate

New Year’s Eve in Panama

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Kris Cunningham

We spent New Year’s Eve in our street, and it was quite the street party! We also learned a lot about Panamanian New Year’s traditions. There were the expected fireworks all over the neighborhood, and we continue to be surprised … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, Panama | Tagged Central America, Chiriqui, Chiriqui Province, David, expat, expatriate, Fireworks, International Living, New Year, New Years Eve, Panama | 8 Comments

David, Panama, on the last day of 2012

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Kris Cunningham

We went downtown today and walked around a bit. It was busy! Some streets were blocked off and vendors were set up on everywhere. If it’s this busy now, I wonder how it was before Christmas! It was really fun though, … Continue reading →

Posted in expat, expatriate, Panama, photography | Tagged Central America, Chiriqui, Chiriqui Province, David, expat, expatriate, International Living, Panama, photography | 4 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Kris Cunningham

What an interesting assignment! It’s been quite a year here, with wrapping up our lives in Florida and moving to Panama. Going through old pictures really showed me the road we have traveled. So, month by month… January 2012 – … Continue reading →

Posted in Florida, moving, Panama, Photo Challenge, photography, travel | Tagged Central America, Chiriqui, Chiriqui Province, David, expat, expatriate, Florida, International Living, Moving, Panama, photography, postaday, Sarasota | 2 Comments

Panamanian Mango Trees

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Kris Cunningham

There are mango trees, and then there are mango trees! I am familiar with mango trees. I had three in Florida, two of which survived a couple bad winters and were thriving when I left. Here in Panama there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Exploring the Area, Panama, photography | Tagged Central America, Chiriqui, Chiriqui Province, David, expat, expatriate, Fruit, International Living, Mango, nature, Panama, photography, Tree | 19 Comments

Flowers at the Fruit Market!

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Kris Cunningham

Apologies to those of you who got my previous post. I wanted to see how the featured image looked, and I hit publish instead of preview. Oops! :o) We were in town today so we stopped at the farmer’s market … Continue reading →

Posted in Flowers, gardening, Panama, photography | Tagged Central America, Chiriqui, Chiriqui Province, David, expat, expatriate, Flower, Horticulture, International Living, nature, Panama, photography | 9 Comments

Fish Soup?

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Kris Cunningham

As you all know, I bought a lot of fish the other day. I wrote about our shopping excursion (CLICK HERE), and the types of fish we have tried so far (CLICK HERE). These were whole fish complete with heads and tails. … Continue reading →

Posted in food, Panama | Tagged Broth, Central America, Chiriqui, Chiriqui Province, David, expat, expatriate, Fish, Fish head, Panama, Soup | 13 Comments

Let’s Go Buy Fish!

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Kris Cunningham

OK, so that’s not the happiest fish since it’s sitting on my kitchen counter, but the people of the household are very happy. This was our second trip to Pedregal, a town on the water about 20 minutes south of … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, Exploring Panama, Exploring the Area, food, Getting Things Done, Panama | Tagged Central America, Chiriqui, Chiriqui Province, David, expat, expatriate, Fish, International Living, Panama | 11 Comments

Fabulous Skies Today!

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Kris Cunningham

It’s summer here now. We’re not getting nearly as much rain, the humidity is down, it’s more breezy, and the temperature is absolutely perfect. The skies also look different and the clouds are fabulous. Those of you who have known … Continue reading →

Posted in Panama, photography, sunsets | Tagged Central America, Chiriqui, Chiriqui Province, David, expat, expatriate, International Living, nature, Panama, photography, sunset, sunset photo, sunset photos | 12 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge: Surprise

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Kris Cunningham

Surprise! The world didn’t end. OK, that’s just a joke because I didn’t figure it would. But, I did have a couple real surprises today. There are wonderful papayas in Panama. I was told that if you toss the seeds … Continue reading →

Posted in gardening, Panama, Photo Challenge, photography, wildlife | Tagged Central America, Chiriqui, Chiriqui Province, David, expat, expatriate, gardening, International Living, Panama, postaday | 10 Comments

The Kindness of Strangers

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Kris Cunningham

It surprises me how kind and giving the people are here. It happens every day. Strangers on the street help me find things, sometimes taking a fair amount of time to personally walk me to the location and speak to … Continue reading →