Comments on: What We’ve Gained from Panama

By: Music Entrepreneur. Grecia, Costa Rica. Expat Alley Interview. Brandon Pearce | Expat Alley

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:21:37 +0000

[...] travel was The 4-hour Workweek. We tested out our first “mini retirement” with a 6-week trip to Panama, and it was a life-changing experience. Also, The New Global Student helped us envision how [...]

By: Fulness of Life » Blog Archive » We’re Moving to Costa Rica

Fulness of Life » Blog Archive » We’re Moving to Costa Rica — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:21:00 +0000

[...] you already know how much we enjoyed our trip to Panama. True, that was more of a vacation-mindset trip than it was a “living in another [...]

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:24:36 +0000

@John – Those are some neat resources. I’ve been using vumber.com (virtual number), to give to people who I don’t want to know our “real” number. I just have it go to voicemail currently – and e-mail me the message, but I could also set it up to forward to one of our other phones.

By: g.Renee

g.Renee — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:45:45 +0000

I’m so happy for you that you were able to accomplish all and even more than you had desired on your trip. WELCOME HOME.

By: John

John — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:15:47 +0000

Brandon – on the telephone issue.

You might look at http://www.trixbox.com/products/trixbox-ce – with it you can run your business phone (and home phone) through all sorts of VOIP and PSTN lines and let it manage your calls. You can get a free phone number in Seattle/Bellevue for your Mom and Uncle Jeston to call at http://www.ipkall.com/ and cheap inbound lines and/or outbound calling (including international – check with me for more information) and the software is free, you just need a spare computer and broadband.

An expanded version is at http://www.linuxmce.org, if you also want to keep your media collection available for playback, home automation, etc.

Great Uncle John

By: Ashley Rae

Ashley Rae — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:58:45 +0000

I am so glad that you have been able to have this experience together as a family… you are so lucky/blessed to be able to have the resources to be able to do that sort of thing. And I’m glad you are taking advantage of that. I’ve missed you guys!! And I’m glad you’re back- Kennedy will be so happy to see you all this weekend. Your girls can tell her all about their fun times :)

By: Jennifer Pearce

Jennifer Pearce — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:03:39 +0000

It is so nice to have home feel exciting again!! It feels wonderful to be back. I now have a renewed appreciation for everything we have here in Utah. I am so grateful for all the things we learned and experienced in Panama, and I really want to incorporate them into our lives to the fullest extent possible. Who knew we would gain so much from our time there! I especially really loved being together all the time without all the normal stress and distractions of life that sometimes pull us apart and move us away from each other in different directions.