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The Quest for the Elusive Mung Beans -- A Visit to Abastos from Ajijic / Lake Chapala

Kan, on Kung FuLike an aspiring knight in a medieval fairytale who had been told to bring back the egg of a fire-breathing dragon or a nascent American Indian brave who had been given the task of producing a specific feather from a fearsome bird on some faraway mountaintop, I now had my challenge: bring me the mung beans.
 
In this case, the one issuing the challenge was none other than my wife, Jet, a devoted cook who sees the world as her laboratory.  “Lakeside is a ‘pot luck...

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Edesia's Revenge

Good food is like good sex – most people don’t need it every day, but life becomes drab and colorless when it disappears entirely.  Here Panama ranks low (on the food index, not the sex index). Most meals in Panama, whether at home or in restaurants, consist of white rice and beans with a bit of leathery meat or chicken. Fried foods are also popular – especially hojaldra (fried bread), tortillas and other things made of corn -- with predictable results for the national body...

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Things are a changing here...

Panama Canal and Visitor Center, Panama – Best Places In The World To Retire – International LivingIn choosing a destination to retire in the near future, I wanted to check out Playa Coronado, Panama.  All the information I could find said this would be a great place for Expats.  
 
We chose to stay at a 23 story condo building with three pools, bar up on the top deck, parking included, security, etc.  Sounded perfect.  It does have a great view of the ocean and mountains.  We arrived on the tail end of the dry season, April.  The...

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