Bocas del Toro Panama - What's It Really Like?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ส.ค. 2024
- Living on an island in the Caribbean is a dream come true for many! The islands in the Boca del Toro archipelago are a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea in the northwest of Panama. Bocas is a boaters paradise!
In this video, six people reveal what it's really like to live in Bocas del Toro. You'll hear why they picked Bocas, see amazing drone footage, and drive through the town on Isla Colon, the main island in the Bocas archipelago.
Featured in this video:
0:45 - Cheryl and Richard
9:40 - Sunanda (Owner of OM Cafe)
17:12 - Jenni and Garlin (came on a Panama Relocation Tour)
22:41 - Lorelei (Owner of Super Gourmet)
28:32 - Sample Waterfront Rental
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I lived in Bocas for about 8 months and on Salarte for four months. I will never forget the diving I did there! Beautiful place.
Bocas is absolutely beautiful and so unique from the rest of Panama.
wonderful rare video of Bocas!! more please.
One of my favourite videos of yours. I feel so young...
We're so glad you like the Bocas del Toro video!
Thank you for bringing us several different voices on this topic. It reminds me of Tulum 30 years ago ... still mostly undeveloped, no 5 star super resorts, the corporations haven't found it yet. That's kind of a magical time for a place ... it's a moment of optimism. But I still think my heart is in Boquete ... a cooler climate, the sound of the river, the excellent high quality restaurants ... and Bocas is only a few hours away so I can visit for weekends, David in the other direction for shopping.
Its about time Bocas and Panama get some good recognition. We are trying to do the same in our videos as well. :)
@@LivinLaVidaGypsea we are way down in Guarare, bought a beach lot for 6k, ( 1000 sq Meters) and another lot ( 1 Hectare) close by. - lots of room and no huge developments thank god....lol
Same ❤
This is a GREAT video- Kudos to the production team. I miss Bocas and this video brought back sooo many wonderful memories
Very nice video. Everyone looks so happy. Everyone in my little hometown in USA looks ;(
We lived in Bocas Del Toro until recently and we can totally agree. USA life is a bit sad. But, we are packing up and moving to Mexico now, Our whole channel is dedicated to this story.
Beautiful video!
Ok...that was an amazing awesome video. I've wondered about the sights and sounds of Boca's and you did a great job of bringing it to me. Great job of a mix of interviews and points of views. Goose bumps...😁
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful, it is really good to hear personal experiences and what it is like to live in Bocas, great info and views from great people, too.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm visiting my home country of Panama 🇵🇦 in March and we're planning a potential trip to Bocas. Greetings from the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴
You like living in Dominic Republic more than Panama?
@@barrythacker7281 My wife is Dominican and her mother and family are here.
@@VictoriaDonny They both look like nice places to live.
@@barrythacker7281 yes they are. Are you looking into moving overseas?
@@VictoriaDonny After i retire. Dominica republic and Panama are my top pics. Here in the States you have to be rich to own modest ocean front. The people seem nice in your areas. I hear kids pray in schools in Panama? this tells me a lot.
Thanks for this very informative video. First-hand (and not sugar-coated) accounts of lifestyles in the different Panama cities are so interesting and helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Espectacular bellísima panama 🇵🇦 saludos desde suiza 🇨🇭
Gracias!
Beautiful video, really wonderful to see the different people and their businesses and lifestyles!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Bocas is dope!
Yaaah. Toronto girl! I’ll come for some good Indian food.
Nice to see that people from the world is enjoying luving or visiting Pma. We have so many beaitiful islands within our 9 province. I tavel back evry yr to spend time with the rest of my siblings that enjoying their fullest life in Colon, Pma. I'm going to check iut these 2 stores when i cime back to visit.!
Thanks for watching the video. Glad you enjoyed it!
Impressed with the $450 a month all included , fair deal
Would you live there?
@@PanamaRelocationTours i totally would, for awhile at least. which resort was that? I lived in Baja for 7 yrs and just recently came back to Santa Barbara, CA to help with the family business. But I'm gonna be over that in a few years and definitely want to move back to Latin America. Mexico is so sketchy right now, though, I'm really looking into Panama. Seems very nice, muy tranquilo, y la gente muy amable. Que veo, me gusta mucho!
I would! How do we make it happen?
@@sbdreamin From Lompoc and owner of a few properties there.
@@alsouthall4885 do you live in Panama now?
Be there in January looking forward to come and try your food it looks delicious!
Enjoy your trip! You will LOVE Panama!
Excellent Video! Panama Relocation Tours at it's best!
Thanks Jerry! Glad you enjoyed the video
wow!
wowbeautiful tourism s beauty
Dallas in tha House!!!
Nice couples, excellent video!
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed the video
I love Mexican train lol we’re actually looking at doing the same thing you’ve done. We haven’t been there yet. Thank you for your video. It’s been very informative.
Glad you enjoyed the video
Thank you. Agreed this is a lifestyle.
Absolutely!
I’m going on tour end of April …I may take a couple extra days here…how hard is it to get back to Panama City ?
Not hard. It’s a short flight from Bocas to Panama City. See: help.panamarelocationtours.com/article/76-bocas-del-toro
Thanks for the great video. I have one question that no one has discussed: wastewater.
What happens to your wastewater? I hear it drains, untreated, directly into the ocean.
What have you learned on this subject?
Waste water going into a septic system on the property.
Bocas was fun for 3 months...
Then what happened?
@@Leonardo-1 probably moved on
How would I get to rent the place for 450 a month?
send an email to info@panamarelocationtours.com for details about the $450 a month amazing rental
How do you get things like washer and dryers to your homes?
most stores offer deliver. I just had a stackable washer dryer delivered to my house. Order it online, delivered 2 days later. But you have to hire someone else to hook it up.
How is it in September? I really love meeting other travelers and I’m worried the low season will empty out the hostels!
There are always visitors/tourists in Bocas del Toro.
@@PanamaRelocationTours great, thanks!
Do the Panama Relocation Tours go to this area too?
We do not go to Bocas del Toro during the tour. But we do have Private Tours in that area panamarelocationtours.com/private-tours
looks like living in Bocas means living on one of the islands. Is that true? I don't see much around there except stuff on the islands.
There are a some areas where you can live on the mainland in Bocas but the best places to live are definitely on the islands.
Overall, Panama looks like a great place to retire except for the abundance of rain that it gets. I noticed in a lot of videos about Panama that it seems to rain like at least 50% of the year if not more in most places. I personally think that would be sort of depressing to have to seek shelter most days and not see the sun as often as you might like.
I know personally, when it rains more than a few days a week here in the US, I feel sorta depressed and look forward to the sunny days like most folks do. The cost of living and other features of living in Panama seem enticing, but having to put up with all that rain sorta makes me hesitant to consider having to live there.
The Azuera Peninsula gets less rain than anywhere else in Panama. Most days in Panama, it start with blue skies and sunshine. If it rains, it usually starts in the late afternoon about 4pm. And it does not rain every day. Come see how amazing Panama is before you mark it off the list.
It’s not much different than the rainy season in Florida except there’s no threat of hurricanes.
Amazon ship here? How do you get it?
Amazon does not ship to Panama but there is a way to get Amazon orders -- panamarelocationtours.com/how-to-get-amazon-orders-and-mail-in-panama
How are the mosquitos and other biting insects?
Bocas sounds like a “beach bum hippie” kind of place. I mean that as a compliment by the way. 😎
That accurately describes Bocas! Very laidback!
Who did you use as a realtor ?
They did not use a realtor. They found the property by talking to locals.
Are there many single people living in Bocas?
Yes there are a lot of singles living in Bocas
Volume way too low. Thanks.
There is a volume control on the video, you can turn it up!!
@@PanamaRelocationTours Thanks. I've got the video and laptop video at 100%.
Why didn’t she pay the hospital bill??
There was no bill! A lot of medical care is free at a public hospital.
When I lived in Mexico, one of the first things I realized was what a BIG FAT rip-off America was. I broke a tooth once, and a neighbor told me about the dental clinic in the very small hamlet near where I lived. I walked in.
In Spanish:
"Do you have insurance?"
"No"
"Whats your name?"
"Shine"
"Ok, wait there".
No paper work. No signing nothing. Very good young dentist who spoke perfect English (that he learned as a 'pro online gamer') There is So much about latin countries that we just don't have any idea until we are there. Best kept secret, I think.
Are you bothered by bugs or snakes?
Panama is in the tropics. There are bugs and snakes. panamarelocationtours.com/i-dont-like-spiders-and-snakes
Not cheap / groceries and electric
Rents are affordable in Bocas del Toro but restaurants, groceries and other things are more expensive than the mainland.
How does a tourist visit and have an experience that isn't 'tourist'. I'd rather spend time with people like these, and take day trips than to feel like I'm surrounded by vultures that see me as ATM :( I wish
That's where an all-inclusive 6-day Panama Relocation Tour comes in! We do not do touristy stuff. The entire tour is focused on "what would it be like to live in Panama" panamarelocationtours.com/tours