Panama City - Post Report Question and Answers

If you move here, you can leave behind your:

Winter clothes. Beach in the city expectations. Any ideas on how customer service should work. Expectations that the cost of living in Latin America is cheap. Anything that will spoil with moisture. - Dec 2021


Winter gear. - Oct 2018


Coats, expectations for customer service, need for perfection. - Sep 2018


Expectations of good customer service, winter clothes (though it can be cold inside from A/C!), timid driving . - Mar 2017


People said you can leave behind your winter clothes so we did but ended up buying them every time when we visited the U.S. in winter. - Jun 2015


Lack of patience as service in Panama isn't the best, winter clothes. - Jul 2014


Brand new cars (buy something a few years old, it's going to get hit a few times). - Mar 2014


expectation to improve your Spanish. - Jan 2013


Winter coat - Sep 2011


ski boots, mittens, and any belief that Panama has (or wants to have) a cultural heritage. - Apr 2010


winter clothes!! hot and humid most of the year - Dec 2009


Customer service and house quality standards. Things are held to a much lower standard. - May 2008


Your winter items; the rush to get anywhere; the expectation that Panama is anything other than a third world country. - Apr 2008


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