We made it back to Panama to our new condo in Playa Blanca for 6 weeks. It was time for remodeling, stocking up, meeting new friends and having visitors, Ron and Eva.
Our view from inside and outside
We discovered a new restaurant, Mansa, in the Buenaventura resort. Outstanding food. See the salmon fettuccine 👉
New friends, Sheila and Dave, drove us to Las Bovedas, a restaurant in the Ensenada area. We were joined by more new friends, Melody and Jeanette for a wonderful lunch and walk.
We enjoyed a delightful Thanksgiving at La Esquina and we love Pippop’s ice cream.
Robin loves being back at her beach
Master bathroom after (above) before (below)
Javier and our team of workers removed the tub from the master bathroom (left) and put in beautiful glass block and new tile in both bathrooms. We got a new washing machine, had new toilets installed as well as one ceiling fan in our master bedroom and one on the terrazza. On top of that we had 3 new air conditioners put in. We are almost done now, with the retile of the terrazza being the main project remaining.
A few fun social encounters as Christmas approaches.
Ron and Eva come to Panama
Ron Perkowski and I met sometime in 1961. We didn’t keep in touch much after college, but with Facebook, we reconnected and Ron visited Seattle in the 2010’s. He just became our first visitor to our new condo in Panama. We stayed at the Marriott in Panama City to meet up with Ron and explored Casco Viejo. The next day, we took a Panama Canal tour and then drove to Playa Blanca. Ron got an Airbnb in a neighboring building with our identical floor plan. Eva, his friend from Indonesia flew in a few days later. We found a zoo just a few miles away, took a pleasant day trip to El Valle and enjoyed some lovely meals and happy hours.
Some huge container ships on the canal during our boat portion of the tour. We also saw birds, 3 species of monkeys and a sloth.
El Valle is a beautiful mountain town in the caldera of an extinct volcano.
We wrapped up our visit and headed to Panama City to spend the night before flying off to Mexico! We will land in Puerto Vallarta and then head to La Peñita de Jaltemba for 3 weeks to spend New Years with Debra and Charles.
Randy and Robin's Roving Retirement 