What a beautiful paradise we found just west of Panama City. Playa Blanca is a large resort with condos, villas, hotels, shops, restaurants and the largest saltwater lagoon in Central America. Our unit is fantastic, 5th floor of Founders 1, a 12 story building. We are walking distance to a mini market, happy hours, cafes, and the beach. We take a taxi to Super 99 for grocery shopping every week and rented a car twice for day trips. We love it here so much that we are considering buying here.
Day Trip to El Valle
El Valle is a lovely small town in the mountains just north of Playa Blanca. On Easter Sunday we took the winding road in our rental car. Church bells with a harsh metallic clanging could be heard as we arrived. The Sunday market was in full swing. We enjoyed a lovely lunch at Brucheta.
Coronado and Nueva Gorgona
Our first day trip was to Coronado, to eat lunch with Cinny and Larry, a couple we met on the Monkey Island tour. After a fun lunch at Gold Coast Brewery, we ended up going to their beautiful condo. We were supposed to meet Sharon and Steve from Senior Nomad Facebook group, but called them and had them meet up at the condo. Great conversation and fun along with the usual magic tricks.
Our new condo!!!
Randy and Robin's Roving Retirement 
Wow, that looks amazing! I think I will put that on our list to check out when Fred retires next year. So glad you two are enjoying yourselves!
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Yes, you should come visit. We are in Hollywood now and coming to Seattle for a short visit. We won’t get back to Panama until November, which is a good time for Panama and good time to leave Seattle 😉.
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