March 16 to 25- First week in Panama

So here we have been in our virtual paradise of Cerro Azul ( Blue Mountain to our English speaking friends) for more than one week. It is a truly beautiful place, a large subdivision 3000' up above Panama City which is about an hours drive away.
The link below belongs to a fellow Canadian who now makes his home in Panama, Paul Franklin. He runs a Real Estate business and his wife, Carolina, is a lawyer. When we bought our lot here, we bought from Paul and Carolina handled the property transfer for us. The link will give you some idea of this wonderful area.
http://www.panamacanadarealty.com/

Another link is below- this actually has a map that shows the entire subdivision.
http://www.losaltosdecerroazul.net/homesite.aspx

We are renting an apartment in the home of Paul's brother Dave. Here is the house from the road.

Our view from the back deck on a clear day goes all the way to the skyscrappers of Panama City.

This is also a gated subdivision where a guard checks your access- we have cards with our name, picture and lot number. Here is the Guard house.

The road goes for several kilometers before you get to the first house.

On Saturday we went to the Clubhouse for lunch. Really nice facilities- this is the outside.

              
                                 And a great inside dinning room.

We then walked along the many paths to the pool- too full of kids during the weekend.
                                         Maybe we'll try it during the week.

                                       The path to the pool

                      We've also met many of our neighbours- mostly all Canadians.

There seems to always be a party/get together at someone's house- great people.

                     We've done lots of walking and hiking- can't get enough of the scenery.

So we, per usual, love where we are now. If only we were rich and could afford a house in ALL our favorite places- LOL. However, there is always the possibility of renting........