Do You Legally Have to Use an Attorney for Your Pensionado Visa? Here’s the Actual Answer.
Pensionado Visa — Step 2 No, you can’t just fly to Panama and file your Pensionado visa yourself It comes …
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Day Thirteen – Leaving Panama – Panama, Spain, or the Canary Islands? How We Made the Final Decision – Part 13
We flew home. Being back felt more comfortable than expected — more than Brian was prepared for. Kent noticed, asked the question, and they talked it through: Panama, or back to Spain? Here’s how that conversation ended, and why the answer is still Panama.
Day Twelve in Panama – What Panama Actually Taught Us — Honest Cost of Living Summary – Part 12
Our last full day in Panama: one more visit to Albrook, a long breath in the hotel room, and an honest accounting of what twelve days of walking, pricing, and neighborhood research actually produced. The groceries, the hardware, the restaurants, the neighborhoods — what’s cheaper, what isn’t, and what we’re still figuring out.
Day Eleven in Panama — Getting Your Panama Pensionado Residency Card — What the Immigration Office Is Actually Like – Part 11
Brian’s temporary Panama residency day finally arrived — long pants, packed immigration offices, musical-chair lines, and all. After leaving with residency card in hand, we celebrated the moment the way Panama City has started to feel familiar to us: coffee at Tim Hortons, dinner at Concolon, and happy hour at Mangle.
Day Ten in Panama – Panama Canal Miraflores Locks + Gay Sauna Review – The Sunday Ciclovía – Part 10
April 2026 Trip · Day 10 Day ten — an early walk, the Sunday ciclovía, a market full of pineapples, …
Day Nine in Panama – Hato Pintado & Carrasquilla: Honest Neighborhood Reviews for Panama Expats (Plus the Hardware Store We Didn’t Know We Needed) – Part 9
April 2026 Trip · Day 9 Day nine — Hato Pintado on foot, a hardware store that made Kent very …
Day Eight in Panama – a pre-sunrise climb, the Canal Museum, and three Uber attempts in the heat – Part 8
April 2026 Trip · Day 8 Day eight — a pre-sunrise climb, the Canal Museum, and three Uber attempts in …
Day Seven in Panama – Panamanian breakfast, a laundry education, and the great lime slushy mistake – Part 7
A pre-sunrise climb, the Canal Museum, and three Uber attempts in the heat
Day Six in Panama – Kent goes exploring, finds two hardware stores, and nearly buys a fixer-upper – Part 6
Kent goes exploring, finds two hardware stores, and nearly buys a fixer-upper
Day Five in Panama – the fish market, the fancy mall, and a happy hour at Maluka – Part 5
April 2026 Trip · Day 5 Day five — the fish market, the fancy mall, and a happy hour at …