Retire in Alto Boquete Panama LIVE BETTER for LESS 

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I live in Panama. (In the city) You can get much lower rents than $1200/mo. Depends on how long your 'must have' list is. My advice is to come down for a few weeks and rent a car. Do B&B. Travel around on your own. See how you get on. (Warning-dont speed! Obey traffic rules!) This country has a very typical Latin American vibe/culture. Medical care is resonably priced and available.(you can see a Doc for $25) Local food is cheap and abundant.Two bd apt for $800/mo. Its always warm. You can plug into the hippie surfer off-grid lifestyle right up to the high-end luxury lifestyle...whatever you want.

I drove alone from Houston. I forgot my Spanish/English dictionary. My truck broke down in Managua. I had been here before in 1977. I was a soldier in the CZ. There weren't many cars in Boquete at that time. Taxi fares were 50 cents in 2002. You can save $1,000 per month by not having a car and by walking more and not paying for electricity for central air. Buy fresh mariscos from the men in pickups.

Boquete has a lot going for it, especially the even temps, never really hot or cold, good enough grocery shopping, lots of nice restaurants, great Tuesday market. On the other hand, you have to be prepared to put up with a lot of rain! Too many people moving there now and housing prices are rising due to low supply. No longer many bargains.

Boquete is a great city to retire, live in or just visit. Beautiful!

As a portuguese speaker, the city name definately sounds appealing!

something i have been contemplating since visiting Panama last month!

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Glad your here, but 12 hundred a month is way too expensive. Shop around when you get you feet firmly on the ground. I moved to David in 2006.

I visited Boquete twice. It is a really nice town, and much cooler than David. There is a fair sized U. S, ex-pat community there. It is a little expensive, because of it's small size, and desirability.

I went there with my girlfriend in 1990 when I was in the Army, what a gorgeous town and great idea to retire there!!!!

$1,200 per month rent is comparable to rents in the US. Disappointing. I was hoping to learn housing would be more affordable.

Gorgeous place! ❤ and very nice video

Great video and what a lovely couple.

I visited Boquete in September 2017 with high hopes but I found it to be a very small town, and could never see my self living there. It had grocery stores, restaurants etc but also dark at 6 pm, and just didn't do it for me, which is why you need to visit for yourself. I even rented a car for 3 days and drove myself around, also spent a day in David as well.

I love this couple

Truly a better reality

short but nice. thx JL

I love your video. I'm a senior in my 70s and want to move to Boquete. I'm courious about how you both are doing this year in your new home and country. Janine

Okay, so he got furloughed and she was already retired? Then they moved to Panama? Must be nice to get laid off from a job then eliminate the bills/ housing and then move to a different country.

I love the Kitchen!!!

Hi Mark and Lorraine! Since my retirement 3 years ago I have been scouting places to live in Latin America ( I speak passable Spanish.) I've spent time in Mexico, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, etc. My trepidation about Boquete is that it might be a little too small a town for me ... I live in Philly so I'm something of a city boy. On the other hand Panama City is probably too hot and humid for me. Any suggestions?

I think $1200 is too high. For panama.

a convertible would be wonderful there!

As healthcare is extremely expensive would old retirees be a strain on the Panama HealthCare System?

I'd love to retire here! However, I won't be eligible to retire for another twenty years. By that time, the demand for housing will be much higher and that will drive up the prices.

Where in central PA are you guys from by chance? My family and I grew up in Panama but my mom was born in Johnstown and grew up in Altoona. I hope to purchase property in that area at some point and split my time between the states and home.

$1200/month is nice. My city rents for a two bedroom is like $2500 minimum...

i spotted the futsal field. nice.

Does anyone know if there is a good place to buy seafood in Boquete?

I was just curious how you went about selling all your belongings before you left for panama

What visa are yall on?

Im going to give a quick run down about my recent visit to Panama and before the hate begins let me say Im Panamanian. I was in Panama city from Nov 1st till the 7th after about 18 + years I was so disappointed 😞. I had intended to look into condos in the city but of course what was I thinking 🤔 nothing is open from the 3rd through the 5th lol. I did manage to take a short flight to the island 🏝 of Bocas del torro but unfortunately the entire 🏝 was going through a water shortage a actual drought 😢 so after one night I flew ✈️ right back to the city. I'm not going to get into the negative but I'm going back in February for Carnival so a week prior I will be looking into Boquete . My wife actually gets to retire as we speak at the age of 48 so I think now is the time to begin the search. My only concern is the medical. My dream was always to go back home after retirement and after a life time of living in nyc its time for a change.

What stinks is that the American dream is to move out of the US.

what about moving pets? I have a dog and horse I'd like to bring but I can't find anyone that will transport a horse there from Canada or the U.S. :( Is there someone?

Dang 1200 bucks for rent in a foreign country 😂😂😂😂

Some guy on kijiji is asking over 300k for a bit of land in boquette.. he’s obviously on drugs

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