Eduardo & Nicole Trujillo

The PanaFamilia Podcast

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Welcome to The PanaFamilia Podcast , with Eduardo & Nicole….where we discuss our experience relocating to & raising our three young children here in Panama; share our journey of building our new farm and aircrete dome home here in Central America; and let you know what we’re learning along the way. We’re glad you’re here! Vaminos!

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Eduardo & Nicole Trujillo

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Farm/Home Build Series: Designing our Aircrete Dome Home - why we chose aircrete, how we found out about it, the design process, dome sweet dome 08.12.2023 27:56

This Friday's episode we're talking about designing our new home to be built on our farm here in Panama - which will be an aircrete dome home. We talk about how we came across aircrete and dome building; what kind of building material aircrete is; why we chose to use this alternative building method -pros and cons; how Nicole got Eddie on board with it- ha. We talk about finding our designer and b...

Travel Series: Panama City Trip Recap - beautiful architecture, deli meat, US Embassy, awesome Airb&b 01.12.2023 28:20

This week is our Panama City Trip Recap! We visited Panama City back in October 2023 for a 3 (turned 4) day weekend to visit the USA Embassy. We needed to go to the Embassy to complete some business regarding our Panamanian drivers licenses. The trip included lots of good food, beautiful architecture, an amazing Airb&b, and….the beginning of the protests here in Panama. We ended up releasing o...

Farm/Home Build Series: We Bought Land in Panama! 24.11.2023 27:13

We bought land in Chiriqui, Panama! Today's episode is full of so much excitement, because we share all about our gorgeous piece of land & future farm, here in Las Lajas, Chiriqui, Panama. We purchased 7.1 hectares, or about 17 acres of overgrown pasture land, about 15 minutes from our favorite beach. We discuss the 6 non-negotiable features we were looking for in a piece of farm land here. We...

Protests in Panama, Part 2 - road blocks, supply shortages, scavenging for food, cabin fever, the Lord provides 17.11.2023 35:38

This Friday's episode we give you all an update on the protest situation here in Panama. As of the recording of this episode, it has been 20 days straight of blocking the main highway and nation wide protests. On the date that we release this episode, it has been 25 days, and the situation is the same. We discuss what it has been like finding food in the small grocery stores here; how we will soon...

Relocating With Kids & Raising Kids in Panama 10.11.2023 23:09

This Friday's episode is all about relocating with kids! There is a lot of information out there about retiring in Panama, but not a lot about relocating here as a young family. We wanted to share our experience thus far moving to a brand new country with three young kids. We discuss why we decided on the timing of our move; a bit about what is was like traveling internationally with young kids; t...

Protests in Panama, Part 1 - driving home from Panama City, road blocks, food shortages...10 days straight 03.11.2023 47:54

Today we're releasing a special episode pertaining to current events here in Panama in October/November 2023. The Panamanian President renewed a mining contract of an open pit copper mine on October 20, 2023, and since then nation wide protests and road blocks have gotten more and more intense. Starting Monday, October 23, a large portion of the PanAmerican Highway has been COMPLETELY BLOCKED with...

Travel Series: Boquete, Panama Recap - coffee farms, great food...and did we say coffee? 27.10.2023 21:04

This week's episode we share all about our weekend trip to Boquete, Panama. Boquete is up in the highlands of the Chiriqui province of Panama. It is a coffee hot spot, so we of course drank lots of coffee, tried Geisha coffee at a local cafe, and visited a gorgeous organic coffee farm. We talk about our lovely AirB&B, fun places we went with the kids, our new favorite diner, the easy drive the...

All About Panama Series: Food in Panama 20.10.2023 23:18

In this episode we talk about one of our favorite topics: FOOD! We discuss our eating habits & preferences back home in California and how we've had to adjust a bit after moving here to Panama. We talk about restaurants we love here, local access to food, new foods we've tried, what we can find in the grocery stores, and how we always try to find the freshest, local, in season foods. We've sta...

Why we chose to relocate to Panama - PART 2. Visas, land, tax incentives, beach, peaceful communities. 13.10.2023 16:46

Episode 2 & 3 is our conversation about why and how we chose Panama as the country we wanted to relocate to. We discuss other countries we looked into, why we specifically didn't choose them, and then multiple reasons why we chose Panama. We talk about our first trip to Panama to visit and how much we loved it; how we love the rural communities here; and how you can almost find any lifestyle y...

Why we chose to relocate to Panama - PART 1. Our first trip to Panama, other countries we considered, less tourism, friendly locals. 13.10.2023 16:52

Episode 2 & 3 is our conversation about why and how we chose Panama as the country we wanted to relocate to. We discuss other countries we looked into, why we specifically didn't choose them, and then multiple reasons why we chose Panama. We talk about our first trip to Panama to visit and how much we loved it, how we love the rural communities here, and how you can almost find any lifestyle y...

All About Panama 06.10.2023 21:00

For our inaugural episode, we share lots of information about the country of Panama. We have been living here for 3 months now and we discuss language, currency, economy, weather, provinces and cities, history, and a little bit about what we've experienced here so far. NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY! *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, w...