What do I need to know before retiring in Boquete?
When we asked people what advice they would give someone preparing to move to Boquete, they said...
"Be prepared to change your life. Leave behind all your pre concieved notions of how it should be, what you need, want, and must have to get by. EVERYTHING is different, embrace it, learn from it, apply what you can to your life but don't come here with demands, strict ideals, uptight lifestyle, and the idea that you are going to save a third world culture from itself. I find the opposite is what happens, it saves you from yourself and what ever madness you left behind," wrote a member who made the move to Boquete, Panama.

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"Come and visit! I guarantee it is nothing like where you live. The culture is very different than the US and the systems and structures can sometimes make no sense at all. If you can't roll with things when they go wrong or get frustrating, it may not be for you," explained one expat living in Boquete, Panama.
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What do I need to know before retiring in Boquete?
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