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 I'm several journals over due here; bear with me. I'm sitting next to Tyler in our hotel room journaling after a few crazy journals. Tyler and I keep talking about how we're getting 5 weeks of experiences in one. The first few days have been circling around Condo shopping, and city touring. The agent I'm working with, Allison, has been doing a great job of showing the city/restaurants/night life,etc. Especially for Tyler this is nice, as he hasn't seen any of the city before. I'm not going to dive heaps into the condo stuff, but I have signed two contracts, one is in the center of city, unit 19A, and the other is on the outside park area, unit 26B. I'm hell excited for both of these, they'll come due mid 2008.
Last night we were invited over to Allison's house. We met her boyfriend/husband (Eddie), and their adorable baby Dylan. Tyler and I have connected really well with them, and buying condo's from her definitely doesn't hurt. After enjoying a Panamanian meal of chicken and rice, Eddie's adorable sister, Veronica, made sure we had drinks, and the rest of the night is history. Travelling is a huge buzz, and we both know that the experience we're having is a truely unique one. We've been invited with open arms into their home and country, and we couldn't ask for anymore.
We did some shopping today, underwear and glasses in particular, and tonight we are invited to a pool party, at the social area at Allison's building. After that we have tickets to a dance show. Not to get into too much detail, but if I'm not married already I definitely will be after tonight. (I just hope it's not to a guy dressed like a woman at the disco).
Lunch at some hollywood restaurant, buzzing out on the coastline. Nice car's are driving by, talent everywhere, trying to put this country in perspective. The average Panamanian makes under 500usd a month. A talented person, knowing english, and taking opportunity, maybe 900. The cost of living is very good here, but people are definitely ghetto, and have little to speak of for the future. Be thankful of the opportunity that we have in America. It's funny to think but it's not everywhere in the world, that if you want something you can just go out and do it. People here are surrounded with generations of third world way of thinking. It will take time but it will evolve. Probably about the same time China takes over the world.
With the influx in forgeign money coming into the country, and the canal expansion this country is exploding, and me; I'm cashing in on it. It's not a question of if I will move here. It's a matter of when, and with condo's unfolding it's looking like 2008. Maybe sooner. I'm trying not to get too excited as I have a contract at home to finish, and of course Dubai to rip up in March.
Last time in Panama, I was too young to soak everything up, and really didn't have a plan. This time I've already set alot of things up; condo's already mentioned, a business, friends, and Tyler and I have both decided that we have to go to Colombia.
We did alot of tourist pictures yesterday, but I haven't been near as diligent as I should be with media. Maybe it's largely due to me seeing myself living here; well that and I don't have Victor lurking around every corner with that Av100. Shower video's. hahhahaha. What a buzz. This life, and the opportunity that we have. We're so fortunate and until you see a little bit with dissabilities locked in a cage, because his parents don't know what to do with him, you won't know it either.
It's easy to get locked in our country, and way of thinking, but the world is alot bigger than America. I don't expect to experience it all, as I enjoy the mystery, but until you've truely experienced another culture, you can't even really know your own. Canada, Belgium, New Zealand, Ukraine, Hungary, America, Panama, and the list continues.
All this and I'm 21. God Bless. ----------- Tyler's Pictures
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