Here in Chapala and Ajijic, we have a mosquito that is called “bobo”, which means, “dummy” because they do not bite. There is a certain time of the year where we have a lot of bobos on the lake.

 

As long as you have screen doors and windows installed on your house, you won’t have a problem. The insects only come out during sunset and stay for about half an hour and then they won’t bother you.  

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Here in Chapala and Ajijic, we have a mosquito that is called “bobo”, which means, “dummy” because they do not bite. There is a certain time of the year where we have a lot of bobos on the lake.

 

As long as you have screen doors and windows installed on your house, you won’t have a problem. The insects only come out during sunset and stay for about half an hour and then they won’t bother you.  

 

(Lake Chapala at dusk, Lake Chapala, Mexico, pictured.)

​Cayo is an adventure hub so there are lots of outdoor activities that you can do here such as horseback riding, rock climbing, or you can go to some of our very impressive waterfalls. You can also go sightseeing, canoeing, bird watching, and hiking. You can take ATV rides or go to the butterfly farm. We have different caves that you can visit. We also have Maya temples. We have quite a range of activities for every age group and interest.

 

My favorite...

​Cayo is an adventure hub so there are lots of outdoor activities that you can do here such as horseback riding, rock climbing, or you can go to some of our very impressive waterfalls. You can also go sightseeing, canoeing, bird watching, and hiking. You can take ATV rides or go to the butterfly farm. We have different caves that you can visit. We also have Maya temples. We have quite a range of activities for every age group and interest.

 

My favorite outdoor activity is going to the Mayan temples. One of them is called Caracol in the Mountain Pine Ridge area. We also have Xunantunich. These are my favorites because of the history that goes back to the time before Christ and how other temples are set in such dimensions and geographic locations where you will learn that the temple was designed to show you the solstice, for example and how impressive the Mayan world is that they included astrology in their infrastructure and architecture. 

 

I also love waterfalls and scenery and that’s why Mountain Pine Ridge is one of my favorites to visit as well because they have the 1,000-foot waterfalls there. They have the Rio on Pools and the Butterfly Waterfall, which is an impressive waterfall. Although it is not so popular because it is on a private property, it is really worth going to. They also have the Martz Farm, which offers a pontoon tour on the Vaca Lake, which is close to the Vaca Dam. They have some waterfalls there as well. You get to go to the waterfalls, have a picnic on the pontoon with barbecue or other foods of your choice and some drinks. It is a fun activity to do for families, friends, or even couples.  

 

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There’s a program in Panama on new construction that provides a 20-year exemption on property taxes. There have been some changes recently.  Now the length of time of the exemption is on the value of the property, according to a scale. A million-dollar property is exempted for 5 years, and as the price of the property becomes less, the amount of years on the exemption gets longer. So if it’s $100,000 property, you get a 20-year exemption. If the property is worth...

There’s a program in Panama on new construction that provides a 20-year exemption on property taxes. There have been some changes recently.  Now the length of time of the exemption is on the value of the property, according to a scale. A million-dollar property is exempted for 5 years, and as the price of the property becomes less, the amount of years on the exemption gets longer. So if it’s $100,000 property, you get a 20-year exemption. If the property is worth $500,000, I suspect you would get a 10-year exemption. 

 

The exemption goes with the property, not with the person.  You don’t have to do anything when you buy it. You have to register it, so if you sell it to somebody else, it’s already registered. 

 

If you had a property that had, as an example, a 10-year exemption, and the first person had it for 4 years and then you bought it, you would have 6 years remaining on that exemption. The property has a birth date.

 

(Bedroom in King's Park, Panama City, Panama, pictured.)