Thanksgiving is something we look forward to every year. Panama has a few independence days, but nothing really like Thanksgiving. The closest might be Mother's Day in December when everyone goes over to Mama's house and all the stores are closed. Ha! We invite people of all nations to our celebration. It's a lot of fun and lots of great food.
We have people from Costa Rica, South Africa, Canada, US, Malta, Germany, and we know people from Romania. I'm sure there are other countries, but I can't think of them right now. The largest percentage are from the US and Canada, together probably making up 75% (or more) of the expat community. Depending on what the home country is going through, there may be an influx of expats leaving their country. Like a few years ago we had a lot coming in from South Africa and then a few years after that, it was a lot of people from Canada. We only know one lady from Malta. 😉 Quite a few Germans have settled in the area - our part of the country is known as Little Switzerland - high in the mountains with nice temperatures year round. We even have a growing group of Mennonites here now, but they're getting big enough that they have their own community.
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
Thank you for providing this additional bit of info about life there. We are still talking about what it might look like, for us to even begin to consider any "adventure" of a similar nature. "Driven" by my ongoing meetings with my friend in nearby Costa Rica ...
It's definitely a big step to not be taken lightly!