2 Week Winter Break 2011

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Playa Blanca Beach Resort


 We stayed at Playa Blanca Beach Resort, Rio Hato for one week. Our host Jaswant dropped us there, and it was about one hour and 30 minutes drive from Panama City. It's located on a spectacular Pacific Ocean beach, and also has the largest saltwater swimming pool in Central America.


The Largest Saltwater Pool in Central America







We'd a wonderful week eating delicious food, walking at the beach, swimming and attending aerobic classes. 

Gated Communities on the Beach

We left early in the morning from Playa Blanca Resosrt with Emillio and his partner from PGS Law firm to look at different gated communities building new houses and condo buildings on our way to Panama City.  

 Buenaventura Resort

It's located an hour and a half from the nation's capital Panama City. It's on the most elite beach communities with beautiful homes, a golf course and a five star resort. It has mature trees too.













 Vista Mar 

 Just an hour away from Panama City, Vista Mar is located in San Carlos an exclusive beach resort community on Panama's Pacific coast. It's a nice gated community where the homes were first built starting from 1998 featuring three to four bedrooms. We looked at 2 bedroom condo unit near the golf course.















Bahia Nueva Gorgona 







We reached Panama City late at night. We thanked Emillio and his partner for showing us all these beautiful communities. 




Two weeks went so fast, and we left with many unforgettable memories!!

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