16:46 To the left there is a restaurant called "Bistro" where four years after this video Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers had breakfast on the terrace. Later, they went hiking on the Pianista Trail and disappeared in the woods.
Im from Panama City but my parents own a house in Alto Lino Boquete, the narrator did a wonderful work describing Boquete, the video quality is pure class. I watched the full video and i felt at the end that i just came home from Boquete.
Thank you very much, I used to work in Boquete in my younger years, and watching your video really brings back sweet memories and good times, now I'm older and planning to go back and hoping it will be be very soon.
Im going to Panamá, I have a Foundation, helping Orphans children, this place is in Chorrera. Thanks for the video, I don’t have time to visit many places. So, this was nice to see .
Thank you for sharing beautiful Boquete. You did a great job . My family used to live in Panama at Albrook Air Base back in 1994-1997. We went all over Panama, but never made it to Boquete. We retired early, so we could travel and hopefully live in Panama or Costa Rica part-time.
Thanks lee Very entertaining Around 1965 my mom dad and I drove from the CZ to Boquete looking at homes to try and entice my dad to retire there I loved it I was still in HS in Balboa. We stayed at a hotel between two rivers It was cool and I really fell in love with the place We visited a widowed lady called endearingly “ mamacata” she had a coffee plantation up on a side of a mountain I’m retired now living in California Take care God bless y’all
I basically do this using Google Maps street view. It's not as fluid as a video but hella helpful. Went on a trip to New York and stayed in Times Square. It was cool walking straight out of the hotel and knowing where to walk as if I'd visited before.
I'm very glad ur enjoying #Boquete. Goldilocks would love to live there because the temperature is just right! I loved your very personal review. And no hype, just simply the way you feel. I felt like I was going for a ride along with you as you pointed things put and explained things. So great to be living in a UA-cam age, thanks to people like you. :-)
Hi Lee!! your video has brought me back 6 years ago when I used to work in Spanish by the River as a Spanish teacher...thanks for the gift of this virtual ride around town
I enjoyed your video...it brought back great memories of when I lived in Boquete from 2001 until 2008...I lived in Alto Boquete in La Barriada Santa Lucia up above where Lauretta Bonfiglio lives...I may have even met you and am sure that if you have lived in Boquete for a good many years, you would have known my buddy Dennis Archer...He and I were in the illegal business of providing Directv from the USA to those that wanted to see American programming and the American ESPN channels...Probably like you I came to Boquete before it became the place to move to..had a lot to do with my wife being from David..anyway..have a great life and a belated Happy New Year
Nice job Lee. 50 shades of green indeed. We love our strange little town here in the highlands of Panama.It looks really like north Queensland in Australia where I come from! I am putting this on The Boquete Handbook site. See you soon, dlh
Excelente video del pueblo de Boquete. Felicito a la persona que lo filmó, pues el efecto expansivo es inmedible. Nos ayudó a escoger el lugar para descansar. Muchas Gracias.
Thanks mr Lee for the video, i will go to Boquete with some friends for my vacations so i am exciting to see videos from there,like your, Welcome to Panama :D
I like the part where he stops at the bridge that washed away-no sign, no barrier, no nothing! If you go down that road at night and all of the sudden you’re wet you’ll have figured it out!🤣🤣🤣
That was very well done! Great job. I'd be curious to see an updated version of the same tour nine years later...if you're still there. Anyway, thanks for the tour!!
Lee, this is great. I am coming to Boca Chica for a yoga retreat this July but am very interested in finding out more about Bouquet. I am 60 and am seriously looking for a retirement location and this looks perfect!
Enjoyed the tour, I have been thinking about where I am going to go after my mom passes, I want somewhere that's warm, but not HOT!!! I've had 10 back surgeries and can't handle the cold.
Sunday 20 07 2014 14:53 Very much like this calm and informing drive through the bustling town of Boquete (Panama), as if you were seated yourself on a motorbike, humming about. Wish Lee Zeltzer could walk El Pianista path for us - all the way down to the end - and follow the footsteps of all the young people that became interested in the landscape, flora and fauna of this rough trail. As a tribute to the beauty and uniqueness of these surroundings and "the 2 girls" and others that have been claimed by the tropical forest.
Reclamadas POR LA SELVA??QUE IGNORANTE O SINVERGUENZA ?FUERON ASESINADAS LAS MUJERES Y LE LLAMA RECLAMADAS QUE SE PIENSA QUE SOMOS IDIOTAS EN ESTAS LATITUDES
Además del recorrido que estuvo genial, tuve oportunidad de practicar "English listening". No entendí del todo la narración pero espero seguir progresando. Gracias por el paseo a través de este bello lugar.
Know this is an older post, but nicely done. What like to see more of these of the Country. Know this a popular expat destination, and I'm not being critical, but what is their to do there?
Thanks, Lee. This was a great tour of Boquete. I thoroughly enjoyed it. This gave me a great feel for the area, the roads, shops, neighborhoods and beautiful scenery. Is there something similar to a Home Depot or Lowes there?
Beautiful little town. My wife and I are looking for places to retire in 4-5 years. I can’t help but wonder if we would be bored that after a while...looks pretty small.
thanks man. sounds like you're riding a two-stoke. what's the bike scene like in boquete? i've seen quite a few 1/4 liters on various other places, like panama city (on u-tube). hey, thanks a lot, lee
Great video just visited boquete for my first time last month and I was born in panama but grew up in the states... as for the people asking about racism in panama its not so much racism to any race as much as it is history, some americans from back in the 60's did alot of things to rub panamenians the wrong way for example they wouldnt allow a pamamenian flag to be flown next to an american flag in front of a school or any other office building and also panamenians didnt think it much of a party to have their biggest city invaded in the 80's over one guy it was called operation just cause and civilians died and naturally there are some people who still recent americans for that... for the most part americans with some roots here or proper EDUCATION as to why things are like they are are loved in Panama it why its concidered one of the top places to retire in central American because its english speaking friendly ESPECIALLY boquete, and yes I will say panama owes alot if not most of its progress to american culture if you come and see it for your self you will see it here very strongly... now as to some of the questions boquete is like an equivalent of Helen, Ga or any other small touristy type town in the US actually its allmost identical witch is why americans love it ther and also because of the weather its one of the cooler places in panama witch mostly stays in the 90s 80s year around im not exactly sure the average temperature of boquete but a sweater or a light jacket comes in very usefull.. again this is a touristy/retirement type town so if your looking for something like gyms a movie theares and malls dont worry you wont find it in boquete but David with is the metropolitan city there has all the bells and whistles everything from TGIF to McDonalds to Ace Hardware to Office Depot and so on and so on, housing in boquete is amoung the most expensive in Panama so up and moving there isnt just as easy as hoping on a plane its also allmost seven hours from the capital... beyond that I think I pretty much covered everything but if you have any questions ask a panamenian, other citys to visit are Veraguas, Chitre, Las tablas, El Valle, Penonome, Colon, just to name a few to get an idea of other touristy panama towns
You must not be of African Panamanian to say that there is no so much racism in Panama. I heard the story of an Afro Panamanian who graduated from Harvard University with a degree in law and he returned to Panama to practice law there and when he went for a job interview he was told by the interviewer that everything was great about him academically but that he wasn't going to be hired by that law firm because he didn't fit in that law firm When I went the last time in 2011 I was denied service in some restaurants in Panama City for the mere fact that I was Black. I was just ignored and they sent me a clear message that they didn't want people like me in their restaurants even if I could afford it. I had to go with friends and relatives who are not Black in order to be served in certain restaurants. Racism in Panama has not disappeared and a well educated Afro Panamanian has very little or no chances to advance in the private sector or in government and that is why most Afro Panamanians emigrate to the U.S. in search of a better future and most of them end up staying in the U.S. for the rest of their lives. A friend of mine who is Afro Panamanian went to Panama to buy a piece of land to build a fast food restaurant and he was told by the authorities that the particular piece of land that he was interested in was not for sale and that the city would not allow any improvements on that land. Three months later there was foreigner building a restaurant on the same piece of land. What do you call that? Panama caters more to European descend foreigners than Panamanian citizens especially Afro Panamanians. I have nothing against U.S. citizens regardless of race who decide to move to Panama and live there, my beef is with the government and the private sector in Panama.
Yo estuvo en boquete me gustaria ver por donde esta o estuvo el Puente de acava sobres el rio de boquete podrias mandarme un video de ese lugar hace mucho tiempo que estuve por tan li ndo lugar esta tan cambiado que no reconosco mucho
Hi Lee, how is it there now restriction-wise? I am planning to go to Boquete and escape crazy Germany. Would you be able to help me with advice/contacts? That would be awesome!
Hi Lee. Thanks for the great video. I am 46 and may be getting transferred to Panama so I am looking for friends to network with to plan things. I would like to communicate more with you if you are willing. Thanks.
Thank you so much Lee, I really enjoyed the site seeing tour.
16:46 To the left there is a restaurant called "Bistro" where four years after this video Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers had breakfast on the terrace. Later, they went hiking on the Pianista Trail and disappeared in the woods.
RIP Lee and thanks for all your hard work in researching and investigating the 'incident'.
He passed?
Thank you for the tour!!! I really got a sense of the town. You're a great narrator.
Excellent tour, thank you. I am looking to move to Panama and Boquete is exactly what I'm looking for. Such a quaint town. No skyscrapers. Fabulous!
Im from Panama City but my parents own a house in Alto Lino Boquete, the narrator did a wonderful work describing Boquete, the video quality is pure class. I watched the full video and i felt at the end that i just came home from Boquete.
Se debe haber encarecido muchísimo
Thank you very much, I used to work in Boquete in my younger years, and watching your video really brings back sweet memories and good times, now I'm older and planning to go back and hoping it will be be very soon.
Muy bueno tu vídeo, podrías demostrar donde o cómo viven los extranjeros?
Boquete is really beautiful. Definitely on my bucket list I love that is full of nature 😍
Im going to Panamá, I have a Foundation, helping Orphans children, this place is in Chorrera. Thanks for the video, I don’t have time to visit many places. So, this was nice to see .
My beautiful country.Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for this! Very helpful...kinda lost myself in your voice and the lush greenery!
Thank you for sharing beautiful Boquete. You did a great job . My family used to live in Panama at Albrook Air Base back in 1994-1997. We went all over Panama, but never made it to Boquete. We retired early, so we could travel and hopefully live in Panama or Costa Rica part-time.
Thank you Lee you are a natural narrator who imparts loads of knowledge pleasantly and effortlessly :-0 Congratulations
Thanks, Lee. Very nice video of Boquete. It reminds me so much of southern West Virginia where I grew up with the hills around you.
A fellow WV or I should say my dad and Grandparents residential home area-Logan,WV. I spent many a summer in the area.Looking into Panama myself.
Thanks lee
Very entertaining
Around 1965 my mom dad and I drove from the CZ to Boquete looking at homes to try and entice my dad to retire there
I loved it I was still in HS in Balboa. We stayed at a hotel between two rivers
It was cool and I really fell in love with the place
We visited a widowed lady called endearingly “ mamacata” she had a coffee plantation up on a side of a mountain
I’m retired now living in California
Take care
God bless y’all
Wish I had known about this vid before I went to Panama. Somebody should do this for a lot more places. It would help a lot.
I basically do this using Google Maps street view. It's not as fluid as a video but hella helpful. Went on a trip to New York and stayed in Times Square. It was cool walking straight out of the hotel and knowing where to walk as if I'd visited before.
Nice presentation. Wonderful. Thanks.
I'm very glad ur enjoying #Boquete. Goldilocks would love to live there because the temperature is just right! I loved your very personal review. And no hype, just simply the way you feel. I felt like I was going for a ride along with you as you pointed things put and explained things. So great to be living in a UA-cam age, thanks to people like you. :-)
Wow! This brings great memories Lee
Hi Lee!! your video has brought me back 6 years ago when I used to work in Spanish by the River as a Spanish teacher...thanks for the gift of this virtual ride around town
Thanks a lot mr. Lee!! You did a wonderful description about Boquete Town. You are all always welcome here .
I enjoyed your town and pointing out all the sights to see. Thank You!
One of the most informative videos I've seen - thank you so much for putting this together :)
So beautiful place so so nice living place of country so nice Panama
How about a 2019 tour? Great seeing what it looked like 8 years ago, I understand it has changed quite a bit.
Thank you for the beautiful and informative drive-through of Boquete. I really enjoyed it.
I enjoyed your video...it brought back great memories of when I lived in Boquete from 2001 until 2008...I lived in Alto Boquete in La Barriada Santa Lucia up above where Lauretta Bonfiglio lives...I may have even met you and am sure that if you have lived in Boquete for a good many years, you would have known my buddy Dennis Archer...He and I were in the illegal business of providing Directv from the USA to those that wanted to see American programming and the American ESPN channels...Probably like you I came to Boquete before it became the place to move to..had a lot to do with my wife being from David..anyway..have a great life and a belated Happy New Year
Thank you Mr lee Zeltzer I in joyed this video very much. Hola I want to come see Beautiful Boquete Panama.
What an excellent video. Thank you so much for taking the time to be so thorough with your narration.
Thanks , looks beautiful...I had a wonderful friend but I lost contact with her over the years , she lived in david ..I'm from Canada..
Nice job Lee. 50 shades of green indeed. We love our strange little town here in the highlands of Panama.It looks really like north Queensland in Australia where I come from! I am putting this on The Boquete Handbook site. See you soon, dlh
Looks nice, and excellent tour and overview. Thanks.
The terrain and curvy narrow roads reminds me of my homestate of West Virginia,which is very green like this only in the summer though.
Excelente video del pueblo de Boquete. Felicito a la persona que lo filmó, pues el efecto expansivo es inmedible. Nos ayudó a escoger el lugar para descansar. Muchas Gracias.
Enjoyed your video very much; researching and you helped greatly. Thanks and enjoy!
Beautiful panama, Thanks fpr share this amazing video.
Excellent job on this video I can't wait to move here, thanks for making this.
Looks much nicer than Baja Mexico where I lived for 7 years; cleaner, better roads, nicer buildings.
THE BEST! THANKS GREAT J O B MR. LEE ZELTZER
Thanks mr Lee for the video, i will go to Boquete with some friends for my vacations so i am exciting to see videos from there,like your, Welcome to Panama :D
Thank you for the tour🙏❤️👏👏👏
Interesting video, I stayed in boquette March of 2017 to check it out as a retirement place....a nice town but a little too small for my liking....
Thanks Lee. Gives me a good idea of this beautiful place
love your video, and the wonderful green paradise, for a nice peaceful life
I like the part where he stops at the bridge that washed away-no sign, no barrier, no nothing! If you go down that road at night and all of the sudden you’re wet you’ll have figured it out!🤣🤣🤣
What a beautiful place
Love the tour
Thanks Lee! Great video and just what I wanted to know about Boquete before my wife and I pay a visit in March.
I live in Pahoa of Hawaii island. The Bouquet area looks like my neighborhood except we don’t have much mountain area here.
It looks exactly like the Big Island and the weather appears to be identical to Hilo side!
Love my country 2 ocean mountains beaches islands ,clear waters corals, rivers ,jungles all in one small country but with big surprises.
That was very well done! Great job. I'd be curious to see an updated version of the same tour nine years later...if you're still there. Anyway, thanks for the tour!!
thanks for the tour!👍🎉😃
Beautiful tour thanks
Nice to see so much green while it is so grey and dark up north in winter.
good video sir, and you are more than welcome to oiur country
Very beautiful of you Jose to welcome Lee to your country from your heart. You are a very special person .
Very nice video. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
Hey nice tour Lee well don job.5*****
Beautiful trip... 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗Amigos....hola ...muy espectacular...bonito ...
Very cool trip, Thanks.
Thanks for sharing.
Lee, this is great. I am coming to Boca Chica for a yoga retreat this July but am very interested in finding out more about Bouquet. I am 60 and am seriously looking for a retirement location and this looks perfect!
Love your video!
Enjoyed the tour, I have been thinking about where I am going to go after my mom passes, I want somewhere that's warm, but not HOT!!! I've had 10 back surgeries and can't handle the cold.
thanks, this is my home sweet home
Sunday 20 07 2014 14:53
Very much like this calm and informing drive through the bustling town of Boquete (Panama), as if you were seated yourself on a motorbike, humming about. Wish Lee Zeltzer could walk El Pianista path for us - all the way down to the end - and follow the footsteps of all the young people that became interested in the landscape, flora and fauna of this rough trail. As a tribute to the beauty and uniqueness of these surroundings and "the 2 girls" and others that have been claimed by the tropical forest.
Reclamadas POR LA SELVA??QUE IGNORANTE O SINVERGUENZA ?FUERON ASESINADAS LAS MUJERES Y LE LLAMA RECLAMADAS QUE SE PIENSA QUE SOMOS IDIOTAS EN ESTAS LATITUDES
Thanks for posting this Video !!
Boquete is Beautifull pleace to rest any time of the year.
Además del recorrido que estuvo genial, tuve oportunidad de practicar "English listening". No entendí del todo la narración pero espero seguir progresando. Gracias por el paseo a través de este bello lugar.
Know this is an older post, but nicely done. What like to see more of these of the Country. Know this a popular expat destination, and I'm not being critical, but what is their to do there?
I lived in Panama for five years and I can see it’s still as pretty as it’s always been.
Is good video over great town. ¡Excelent!
What type of tree was that at 3:56 ?
Thanks, Lee. This was a great tour of Boquete. I thoroughly enjoyed it. This gave me a great feel for the area, the roads, shops, neighborhoods and beautiful scenery. Is there something similar to a Home Depot or Lowes there?
Beautiful little town. My wife and I are looking for places to retire in 4-5 years. I can’t help but wonder if we would be bored that after a while...looks pretty small.
Looks so pretty
thanks for the video... I will be in Panama this January
Thank you looking for a place to retire. Looks great!!
It's been 9 years. Any chance of doing an update? My favorite place in the world.
Probably not, he died 5 years ago😞
thanks man. sounds like you're riding a two-stoke. what's the bike scene like in boquete? i've seen quite a few 1/4 liters on various other places, like panama city (on u-tube). hey, thanks a lot, lee
Have the local authorities repaired the road to the cemetery? I noticed it had quite a few potholes.
It’s beautiful ❤️
Beautiful 😍
Much appreciated
Very nice, thank you
Great video just visited boquete for my first time last month and I was born in panama but grew up in the states... as for the people asking about racism in panama its not so much racism to any race as much as it is history, some americans from back in the 60's did alot of things to rub panamenians the wrong way for example they wouldnt allow a pamamenian flag to be flown next to an american flag in front of a school or any other office building and also panamenians didnt think it much of a party to have their biggest city invaded in the 80's over one guy it was called operation just cause and civilians died and naturally there are some people who still recent americans for that... for the most part americans with some roots here or proper EDUCATION as to why things are like they are are loved in Panama it why its concidered one of the top places to retire in central American because its english speaking friendly ESPECIALLY boquete, and yes I will say panama owes alot if not most of its progress to american culture if you come and see it for your self you will see it here very strongly... now as to some of the questions boquete is like an equivalent of Helen, Ga or any other small touristy type town in the US actually its allmost identical witch is why americans love it ther and also because of the weather its one of the cooler places in panama witch mostly stays in the 90s 80s year around im not exactly sure the average temperature of boquete but a sweater or a light jacket comes in very usefull.. again this is a touristy/retirement type town so if your looking for something like gyms a movie theares and malls dont worry you wont find it in boquete but David with is the metropolitan city there has all the bells and whistles everything from TGIF to McDonalds to Ace Hardware to Office Depot and so on and so on, housing in boquete is amoung the most expensive in Panama so up and moving there isnt just as easy as hoping on a plane its also allmost seven hours from the capital... beyond that I think I pretty much covered everything but if you have any questions ask a panamenian, other citys to visit are Veraguas, Chitre, Las tablas, El Valle, Penonome, Colon, just to name a few to get an idea of other touristy panama towns
You must not be of African Panamanian to say that there is no so much racism in Panama. I heard the story of an Afro Panamanian who graduated from Harvard University with a degree in law and he returned to Panama to practice law there and when he went for a job interview he was told by the interviewer that everything was great about him academically but that he wasn't going to be hired by that law firm because he didn't fit in that law firm When I went the last time in 2011 I was denied service in some restaurants in Panama City for the mere fact that I was Black. I was just ignored and they sent me a clear message that they didn't want people like me in their restaurants even if I could afford it. I had to go with friends and relatives who are not Black in order to be served in certain restaurants. Racism in Panama has not disappeared and a well educated Afro Panamanian has very little or no chances to advance in the private sector or in government and that is why most Afro Panamanians emigrate to the U.S. in search of a better future and most of them end up staying in the U.S. for the rest of their lives. A friend of mine who is Afro Panamanian went to Panama to buy a piece of land to build a fast food restaurant and he was told by the authorities that the particular piece of land that he was interested in was not for sale and that the city would not allow any improvements on that land. Three months later there was foreigner building a restaurant on the same piece of land. What do you call that? Panama caters more to European descend foreigners than Panamanian citizens especially Afro Panamanians. I have nothing against U.S. citizens regardless of race who decide to move to Panama and live there, my beef is with the government and the private sector in Panama.
Vey nice video by some individual ,not by Jackie group(tired of them).Nicely narrated .Thank you so much.Can you help me moving to bouquete ?
Is it far from the ocean?
no maps on Google?
Wondering what kind of camera you used and how was it hooked up. I'm impressed that the microphone is not drowned out by the scooter noise! How?
Rob, I was shot with a Flip camera versed to the dash board of a diesel SUV; nothing fancy.
+Lee Zeltzer
Great film, thanks,
Do you know where I could look/ research into buying a little farm?
thanks Dee
How are the roads to David? Mountainous? Gravel?
Thank you !!!
so, how has it changed since 2011?
How about posting a new video of what the town looks like now, in 2019. Really enjoyed the sights it reminds me of home in Puerto Rico. 🙏🤙🤙🇵🇷
It does look like puerto rico !!!!! Beautiful
Yo estuvo en boquete me gustaria ver por donde esta o estuvo el Puente de acava sobres el rio de boquete podrias mandarme un video de ese lugar hace mucho tiempo que estuve por tan li ndo lugar esta tan cambiado que no reconosco mucho
I see Bananas trees..but is there Breadfruits and Ackee trees in Panama???
boquete chiriqui that wonderful panama is good
Hi Lee, how is it there now restriction-wise? I am planning to go to Boquete and escape crazy Germany. Would you be able to help me with advice/contacts? That would be awesome!
He passed away. 🙁
Thank you.
Thank you , hope to make it there !
Hi Lee. Thanks for the great video. I am 46 and may be getting transferred to Panama so I am looking for friends to network with to plan things. I would like to communicate more with you if you are willing.
Thanks.
Do they still call speedbumps “policias muertos? (I was stationed there for three tours.)