[ConservativeMind]

I hope your time there continues to go well.

I may pick your brain concerning a few things to do down there when we catch up with my relatives. We found a cocoa farm that can be visited a few hours outside of the city. I have also heard there’s a great restaurant buffet near a Panama Canal museum.

[SAJ]

Sadly, I am not the person to contact regarding Panama City. I know the El Cangrejo and San Francisco districts, but, as a tour advisor, I make a very good restaurant customer. Love to know where that great restaurant buffet is, just by the way.

I live in El Valle de Anton, 27 KM north of the InterAmerican highway, in the province of Cocle. If you get up this way, I can offer a suggestion or two.

A cocoa farm "a few hours outside the city" could mean, literally, anywhere. It's only 7 hours to the Costa Rican border (g!). Not much to see at a cocoa planting, too (trust me, I trade the stuff on ICE; coffee plantations offer much more for the visitor to see, and Panama has a BUNCH of those. Recommend the ones in Chiriqui province, near Boquete, especially!)

Things are going quite well. Just finished my latest book, looking around for a publisher (e-publishing is a VERY different animal from print publishing, take my word for it!)

FReegards!