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Bill Edsell on the Physics of Coolness in the Baja California Sur Summers and the Beauty of Domes

Open window and stone door at La Ventana Bay Resort, Baja California Sur – Best Places In The World To Retire – International LivingIn this interview, Bill Edsell, of La Ventana Resorts, explains to Jet Metier how to keep buildings cool in Baja California Sur
 
Jet: Here we are, in early July, sitting in the main room of your resort, in La Ventana, about an hour southeast of La Paz, on the Sea of Cortez.  The roof is a palapa.  It’s about two o’clock in the afternoon and it’s not uncomfortable. You’ve got a stone fireplace and then I guess these are cement blocks. ...

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The Truth is Not Negotiable

Shai Gold - International-Triage Medical in patio – Best Places In The World To Retire – International Living
 
When a looming medical procedure is staring you down, you want straight talk and cold facts.  You might even turn your investigation to a world wide solution. In that case, you’ll want Shai, comparing healthcare services and crunching the numbers for you.  Jet Metier talked to Shai Gold about why he chose Panama to direct the international community to its shores for a medical destination and why he deals with veracity, even if it is not pretty.
 
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Story of my life in Panama


Pedro Miguel Locks, Panama – Best Places In The World To Retire – International LivingI was born in Santo Thomas Hospital in Panama City.  My parents & grandparents worked for the Panama Canal Company & we lived on the Canal Zone.  From birth to age 5 (1944 - 50) we lived in the Balboa Gavlin area on Cacao Street (in the days before the bridge to our house was on Panamá Bay).
 
Next we moved to Balboa in "the flats" on Carr St. from 1950 - 54, in 1954 we moved to Los Rios & were the first family to occupy the house we lived...

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