Panama Expat Experience: Cheri 4.5 Years After Moving to Panama
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Cheri moved to Panama in February 2015, a month after attending a Panama Relocation Tour. We previously did a video with Cheri in January 2016 and thought you'd enjoy seeing what her life is like living in Panama now.. 4.5 years later.
She moved to a new apartment since the previous video. Her new spacious apartment is a 2 bedroom 1 bath with amazing views for only $400 a month.
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this woman has it figured out.
made herself a lovely life.
She is a fine example of, as what are the Charms of Living alone Stay Blessed
Five more years until I turn 62. I do hope this gorgeous place remains as peaceful and reasonable until then.
Panama will be waiting for you!
My grandfather emigrated from this country i always wanted to visit. Its on my bucket list !!
Thank you for these videos. I am sharing them with my mom who thinks she’s old at 74. As they say, age ain’t nothing but a number!
In one of the other videos I saw of a Black woman in her 70s who retired there as well, she said one of the things she loves most is that in Panama, she's not considered "old, Black, and female"... That they see her just as a regular human being without all those demographic categories that can be problematic in the US.
@@s.p.5213 I saw that video, too, and it was truly inspiring (although a very sad and true commentary on American culture).
You are an attractive, congenial and brave woman. Good for you making the move by yourself to a foreign country. God bless you.
I am so happy to see an interview with Cheri years after.
Cheri--how did you get YOUNGER??? 😁Also, you can improve your Spanish by watching Netflix series with the Spanish subtitles on--there are some really good ones!
Alto boquete has a different temperature than PANAMA City. Rent is cheap wow 400. Usd is great. Plus good food in Pma and cheap, lots of fruits.
Another expat lady living in panama said she was getting off her high blood pressure meds, she contributed it to healthy organic local foods. I will eventually go on the panama tour, i have found no one that did not like panama. Good move
I loved the update. I so enjoyed Cheri's first video and the interview was the one that gave the idea of retiring to Panama. I'm glad to see she's doing well, happy, and enjoying her life. Continued blessings Cheri. Will be looking to rent during my summers before finally retiring, I hope to get more information on that.
Thanks for including diverse voices...please include home tour if possible
Every time I listen to her I get motivated.
I love your blue outfit.
Cheri looks so much more healthy and relaxed in this video. Just from watching the videos I am impressed with her courage and strength to do what she did. All the best. Cheri is s a great advertisement for your company. Very inspiring.
I love what she is saying about how her life has changed and the comparisons to life in the US these days. She looks younger here than in her first video.
Where did she used to live in the US?
Panama took the stress away for Cheri. She does not have to worry about finances any more.
Cheri's original video is one I watched before taking the Panamaá Relocation Tour in June, 2017 and moving to Panamá in September of that same year. Like Cheri, I live in Alto Boquete and love it here. The Tour was worth every penny and helped me feel even better about my initial choice of Boquete. Since I speak a fair amount of Spanish, I'm happy to have a mixture of friends from Panamá and from the expat community. This week I'll be receiving my E-Cédula, a kind of national ID card, which makes me feel a little more Panameño. Living here in Chiriqui Province, I like my status as a "Chiri-Gringo."
Ken, Glad the video helped you narrow down a place to live in Panama and that PanamaRelocationTours.com helped with your transition to living in Panama. Alto Boquete is a great location and much more quiet than downtown Boquete!
Congratulations on Your Peaceful Relocation! I as a Senior Female Am Also Looking Into a Tour There Soon!🙏
Ken Kimsey wonderful you are enjoying - I may visit w/i the next 8 months to see for myself the beauty, calmness etc., thank you for sharing!
You are so funny.. Chirigringo! LOL Im from the Capital.. My sister in law is from Tole. They are moving there permanently.. Greetings
I was station in Panama I loved it and always talked about living there, I'm single and retired now going to be looking into this sounds wonderful
Thank you to Cheri for sharing her experience and Thank you to Jackie and staff for posting this video. Now we need someone to help us figure out how to get rid of the "stuff"(furniture, big screen tv, wall hangings) we own in the US so we can narrow down to 4 (or fewer) suitcases.
You can hire an estate sale company to come sell everything for you OR just call Goodwill to come pick everything up!
Thank you Jackie, for these videos! They are super informative and love that it's all told by experiences of actual people relocating to Panama, it's just not a pretty advertisement to get people to move. I'm planning on moving to Panama and will definitely do the tour or at least buy the information packet. I've watched countless hours of these videos. My only decision factor is if I want to live at the beach or the mountains? That's why the tour would be a fabulous idea to make up my mind. I still have some years ahead of me before I retire. And if things don't change soon I will not have much for retirement. Therefore, there is no way I can still live in the states anymore. However, I'm looking forward to an adventure and end my golden years in a beautiful country like this. I've been researching other countries, like Portugal. But it all points to Panama.
Hey Walter. Thanks for watching the videos. I'm glad they are helpful. Even with the videos, it's hard to know where to move to until you see it up close and personal. That's why an all-inclusive 6-day 7-night Panama Relocation Tour can help you decide which area is a good fit for you. ruclips.net/video/12rlyh33o_E/видео.html
Your house / Apartment .is beautiful lots of space
I want to move to Panama and be your neighbor/friend. 😎
This is nice. It looks like the lady has her life figured out. The language barrier would be something I'd be bothered by for sure but the house looks really great, price is good and no doubt the climate is very enjoyable as well.
Very nice and convincing video! I really like your report. Thanks for posting!
Can we talk about that plant?!
You are a smart woman and beautiful doing what you are enjoying which is living your life. You have many admirers who would love to live a better and fulfilling life.
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this video. It gives me an incentive to visit Panama and possibly relocate their. I do speak Spanish and the cost of living is great, including the weather, people, food, rent, amenities, etc. Bless you!
You should consider taking a Panama Relocation Tour. That's what Cheri did! See more details at panamarelocationtours.com/tours
That kitchen view is amazing!!
Lovely introduction, thanks for sharing. Love to see people of all walks relocating to Panama. Will be retiring back to our lovely country Panama in December, Panama motto always being "Pro Mundi Beneficio"For the benefit of world"
Panama welcome all with open arms, we love the delightful contributions, experiences and diverse culture the international community brings to Panama, it is the base of our happiness and humbleness.
Thank you Cheri and Jackie for the update! I watched Cheri's first video which was a catalyst for me deciding to take the Panama Relocation Tour. Will see you in Mar. 2020!
Glad you enjoyed the update video with Cheri -- 4 years after the first video.! She loves living in Panama and so do I!
Very good!!!😊I just love your information about your experience in Panamá😍
Thanks for the update. I’ve started to consider Panama after watching the recent SV Delos episodes up in Bocas del Toro. I lived in Baja for 7 yrs and really love the Latin culture. I could totally up and move to Panama cold turkey, no problem. That area looks really beautiful.
Check out our Bocas videos too! There are so many amazing places to live in Panama.
@@PanamaRelocationTours thanks. I will.
Beautiful, perhaps we'll meet someday. I'm 63 and looking for a nice,safe place to retire. Coming from AZ the heat would not be an issue, although I hear the weather in Boquete is very mild. Nice to hear that you could have a lovely place such as yours for under $500. This for me would be perfect! as I am also fluent in Spanish. Would love to hear a little more, I hear lots of good things about Boquete, seems there's even a "Peruvian" restaurant there. Being Peruvian but having lived all my life in the US, this would be icing on the cake😀
You are an inspiration. Enjoy the adventure.
This sounds wonderful!!!
I just viewed your video for the second time, and by far, it’s my favorite. I hope you are still in Panama safe and well. Hope to meet you in 2021 at the next Panama Relocation Tour.
Cheri is still in Panama and loving it! She would not want to live anywhere else.
I will be visiting Panama too in 2021 with Jackie’s Panama Relocation Tour; would love to meet Cheri! I will turn 58 this month and hope to retire in Panama.
I saw the first video and appreciate this update. Wife and I planned since late 2017 to relocate to an active 55 + community in FL (stayed there 3 times and loved it); however, it is off the list due to how the state -- not the community -- handled COVID and a few other things. Love and stayed in Greece 80 days annually since 2015, but as a resident, they want 7% of my taxable income (pension, dividends, etc.), so Panama topped over Portugal (which may soon want 10% of my US taxable income too). On waiting list for Jackie's sold out tour. Once house sells next Spring, we are headed down.
One of many great things about Panama is that they do NOT tax you on income you earn outside of Panama. You are only taxed in Panama for products or services you sell "IN" Panama.
Really wonderful information. Thank you for sharing your experiences! My husband is going on the tour... flying down there tomorrow. We are hoping to move there next year.
Brenda, how did your husband enjoy his tour? Have you decided where you will move to?
Hi Lindy, It was good; however, we’ve decided to move to Mexico first. We may still make it down to Panama in a few years. He brought home a wealth of information from the tour.
THANK YOU for doing this follow up vidoe with Cheri!!!
VERY HELPFUL. I would love to move to Panama,but I'm 55yrs old & not enough to live there for very long without an income. I so desired to go on the tour this year, but was laid off from my career job last year. Starting over with a new job now.
I feel you, I'm 55 as well and in process of starting a new career. Not easy starting all over again, as you say. However, my plan is to retire in Panam for sure.
Very informational, thanks for sharing.
The divine connections... Yes❤️
Thank you for sharing your experience. I have always been fascinated with retiring south of the border somewhere, Panama has always been high on my list. I'm some older than you and also single. I will be taking one of Jackie's tours as soon as reasonably possible. Again thank you so much
Thank you great video...I've been looking into Mexico but I think you've sold me on Panama....
Thank you, Cheri! I saw the first video and was wondering how the intervening years have panned out.
I am so happy I found your video. I grow up in Panama never visited Boquete. Would love to go back.
Fantastic Report! Thank you for the wealth of information that you have provided!
Awesome interview. So peaceful
By far the most helpful interview or presentation so far. Thank you so much.
I am 62 yrs and I will be there in 2022. Im parking bags and my dog and headed your way. Maybe we will be neighbors. Im going to purchase a car so we can plan our hair appointments same day! Cant wait to be in Boquete! Habla español un poco. Download Duolingo to refresh took 2.5 yrs many moons ago. Buenos noches!
You convinced me!
New Yorker here. Loving your fireplace. Panama is my country but America is my home. I go every year and I still cannot find myself.
I completely understand. I'm from BKNY and considered moving back to my ppl's country for the winter months b/c I can't take the cold (I work from home and S.A.D. is a real situation to contend with). I went there twice for the winter to see if I could live live there in the Caribbean but I felt too much like an outsider. I feel more Caribbean and comfortable being in East Flatbush than I did returning to my ppl's country.
Thanks for the interesting video. I hope to visit Panama next year after I return to the USA for a bit. Very informative.
Oh My Bar Keeper's Friend is the best cleaner! I love it too.
It's so good!
Wow..just retired awesome ...
Great it's good for us single ladies...I may take the tour...its soooooo cold here...
I'm thinking about going there soon
Thanks for the video !
My pleasure!
interesting to see her again and her progress. boguete has its advantage of climate of course. maybe i need a small car to tour around. as a european or swiss guy like me, i don't have this usa citizen attitudes.
Thanks for sharing
Great info in this video. I'm retiring in 2021 and am looking to relocate. Cheri looks and sounds happy and she's probably right about taking the tour rather than just visiting while on a quick vacation. HGTV would have you think most people just up and move. Good to do research in advance. Thanks!
@Michele O'Neal: You echo my thoughts exactly watching Cheri's updated video. I am thinking of retiring soon, too, and this video and others are inspiring me to think this isn't just a pipe dream!
Actually just fyi it may be of benefit to have basic cable it has shows in english but most importantly the news channels can help you learn and improve your spanish which is a priority just like it would be if someone moved to the states. Think about it as it can be extremely helpful to speed up the process also yhe news anchors speak good and proper spanish about local events, weather and even sports that can help diversify your vocabulary.
Take care
This woman is beautiful! She is aging backwards.
Panama will do that to you! With the healthy food and fresh air, many people look younger 5 years after they move to Panama than the day they arrived!
love it...stay safe
Wonderful video 👍🏿
That sounds wonderful. However I'm having a problem believing the rent is $400 that close to
Boquete for a 2br. If that is an average price, save one for me.
I know for sure that she pays $400 in rent. It is possible. You can only find that kind of rent by word of mouth. You won't find it advertised on a real estate website
Sometimes everything is not for everybody!
Peace
Hi (: I really enjoyed the video. I watched a few on Panama and was just about to get on with other things I had to do but I caught your video thumbnail and was gonna pass on it as it portrayed seemingly an older woman alone, in a strange country however curious I clicked on thinking if she is so brave why not I? When I opened it and began viewing I was immediately pleasantly surprised by your warm welcoming disposition, excellent diction, and striking good looks! I have a friend in Mexico who keeps urging me there but for a variety of reasons I keep putting it off. I have been thinking to travel somewhere I might consider to live and I really liked the idea you presented to contact and take the travel visit first with the lady who owns the company you suggested. I will look up here website further. Yours was the very best video I have seen and really has encouraged me to consider this idea seriously. Although I have really slowed down and changed my pace I still have driving ambitions though and must consider if I could actually unplug myself from access to major areas. I suppose it is always will be if required only a plane ride away? I have done this to a degree (unplugged) for the past three years, and in the rural mountains, lakes and snowy cold winters of Canada. I was looking into Vancouver Island earlier today which always stays above zero, and then thought why not go where there is warmth year round? I think it would be great at least in theory. I looked up the rainfall in Boquete as being 1400 mm annually which is quite high! Q. Does so much rain affect your mood? Yes / No? Thank You Soul much for your video. It inspired me! Boquete Panama eh? Have a wonderful day!
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Regarding the rain: It's mostly happens about 8 months of the year and on those months it rarely rains all day. But when it rains, it pours! It can be quite the experience. But even on the rainiest days usually the sun comes out. People in Panama hardly get depressed from it because of that variety. In some places in the U.S. it can rain and rain for days on end and it can get very boring. I can almost guarantee that the weather will not be boring in Panama as it is much more vibrant and changeable. During parts of the year it is also like the rain picks a certain time of the day to fall, but then it's usually over with. On the dry season it doesn't hardly rain at all. There are two seasons in Panama. Rainy and Dry. It's breezier in the dry season, but you can have some windy rain at times in the rainy season. To get a good feeling of the weather, just point your favourite weather app to "Boquete, Chiriqui, Panama" and depending on the time of the year you can get a feel of how it is and for how long the rain lasts even in the rainy season. They say, if you don;t like the weather, just wait a while and it will change. lol that;s usually the case in the rainy season. In the dry season it's usually pretty constant and with blue skies. Hope that helps.
I bet the coffee and bakeries are excellent there!👍
Hello, Cheri. Thank you for sharing your experience. It sounds wonderful! I'm a few years from retirement, and I'm considering Panama as an option. May I ask you a few questions? Is it possible to have a pet dog in Panama? Do the apartments come furnished? And, does Amazon deliver to Bouquete? Thank you!
I have the same questions!
Hope to meet you on my next visit to your lovely town, I made 2 visits few years back and loved it. I invested money on a lot thru International and have gotten no response. I immediately cancelled. After I invested I was told I had to buy a home when originally I had my own ideas of what I wanted, have not been only to secure my $$$ since. my latest attempt to recover I sent a e mail but no response. Perhaps they no longer are operating. But Boquete is the real deal. Hope to meet after isolation hear in states. Has Covid had an impact on Boquete? Would be a real treat to meet. Janet
Great Video!
Is she still there?
Yes, she is still loving living in Panama.
Loved your video. I retired in January 2019 . I have a question ; Can I bring my furniture ? Not a lot . If so how is that arranged ? 💜
God's Daughter - As someone who has very recently & frequently explored Panama City, David, & Alto Boquette I can say that in researching the possibility of shipping household goods & cars can be more expensive than simply selling what you have then buying them there. Shipping was between $3,000 to $4,500 and then you'd have to arrange trucking it home.
Thank you !
thank you , what about visa after 6 months for expat
a tourists can stay 180- days (there is no visa for tourists). After 180 days, you either need to leave Panama or get a residency visa.
I would love to move there. Any suggestions or guidance. I'm a army retiree and by myself
The easiest way to retire in Panama is to take a Panama Relocation Tour. You'll learn everything you need to know! See details at panamarelocationtours.com/tours
Chari, in what town in Panama you live? Thanks.
She lives in Boquete.
That's an apartment? B-roll looks like a house... nice!
A big apartment.
4 year old video. Things are certainly differently by now.
not really! Things are not much different. That house is still renting for the exact same price. She is still enjoying living in Panama.
@@PanamaRelocationTours Well ty! And it's nice to know things have stayed largely the same. Again, ty.
@@PanamaRelocationToursThat is so good to hear! I am very happy for her
What? $400 a month for rent?
Yep! That is what her rent is.
How do you communicate with out the language
With just a little Spanish you can usually get your point across. You can always use google translate if necessary.
Cheri listed most everything except a mentioning a significant other or maybe she's no longer interested? I like her style, she's attractive and very intelligent. I'm in my 60's and can relocate if you're interested, Cheri.
Some people don't put all their business on RUclips like you! Have you ever heard of the word privacy!
@@marydavis7978 Nobody died and left YOU boss. Take your negative attitude and shove it where the sun doesn't shine!
You still in 🇵🇦??
YES she is still in Panama and still loving it!
❤🇵🇦🌎
Did you say 400.00 month ?
😱
you heard right
Yes, Cheri's rent is $400 a month for a two bedroom!
@@PanamaRelocationTours Wow, back in 1982 in Queens, NY, you couldn't even get 2 bedrooms for $400/month!
Obamacare for me Louisiana 1027 a month
OMG!!!!!! My international health insurance which covers me in Panama or the US is only $2500 a YEAR!!!! 100% coverage.
@@PanamaRelocationTours yes, but the good thing is that I can buy it . At one time they would not insure you with pre-existing conditions... What a catch-22
@@PanamaRelocationTours Which company do you get your health insurance from????!!!! :-)
My Obamacare was fabulous, not sure what plans they had, that’s crazy lol. That said, am still excited to be moving to Panama in early 2025!
Rather than talk about the views, they should have been shown; makes for better story-telling.
We have a new videographer now. Check out our more recent videos to see lots of scenery.
Haha. I see you Thieves cleaner on the window sill. We use it as well.
I'm going to Panama next month.an I'll be in boquete . November 20 .21 maybe we can get together
How do Americans deal with immigration and being able to STAY there?
Get a residency visa. panamarelocationtours.com/demystifying-the-panama-residency-visa-process
How about availability of medications?
Very available and at an extremely affordable price. Often at a fraction of the U.S. cost!
Why would you need medication! Just change your lifestyle!
both interviews are interesting and helpful, imho..but how is a person planning to retire/live abroad, in a 'foreign' nation, not learning the language from the start of the decision?..even if only the basics at the beginning?? free language lessons have been available, in spades, since NOT long after the internet was a thing..but 4.5 years later she claimed to just be starting out learning the language there?? wtf?? curious, as to who she voted for, last 3 elections..and who she's voting for this time around and *why??, exactly??*
as the first video/interview, I had the same *basic* question and now, *this* specific question because she brought up "Obamacare", AGAIN, in THIS 2nd vido..and not only was Obamacare NOT the best plan {I actually agree], I sure hope there is no need for censorship on this channel..because I'm genuinely curious why she didn't also mention the alternative scenarios on the table..which are disastrous.... *because...* it's:
not as IF the GOP plan for the eventual decimation of Medicare, it 'going private,' the many attempts at making it so, over the past many years, was ever a better solution.
Yeah but you live in the... rich town
Cheri pays $400 a month rent -- there are super affordable places AND high end places in Boquete.
If a measley $400 is being in "the rich town", then why imply something's wrong with that?????..... Where the heck do YOU live that you only pay $400 AND in a "rich town"???????????? That comment sounds foolish as hell.
When you hear stuff like this you realize that America has become a nation where huge corporations have pretty much destroyed our culture and way of living.. I don't think it's Americans so much , I think it's greedy large corporations. How how do you handle just picking up and leaving all friends and family behind though how is that as far as socializing
It's all America. The US and Canada are becoming unlivable. That leaves Central and South America. What happened to the plan to open borders from Mexico straight through Canada to mimic the E.U.?
PEOPLE do it every day! Where you been living under a rock!😃😃😃
This lady is overtly concerned with safety.
Karen Hope White people are actually the ones that should be the most concerned, when it comes to safety, because of the colonial attitudes and false sense of superiority they tend to display, when traveling to nations with predominantly colored population.
Safety becomes an issue because being elderly you are less capable of defending and protecting yourself if something happens.
Taa Treze Especially elderly, female, single and colored.
@@mikeh.7025: 👎 Since when are white people attacked? @Panama Relocation Tours: Can you please explain to white, racist Mike H. how white people get to go ANYwhere, do ANYthing, to EVERYbody without the consequences of repercussions or being under any threats to their personal safety. Thank you.
Mike H. All women are concerned with safety! Especially if single.
You can’t find any rentable place for less 1,000,, so don’t know from whom she is renting , lm a Panamanian and don’t go there
I want to move to Panama and be your neighbor/friend. 😎