Elegant Beachhouse & Tropical Garden Right on a Pacific Beach

So pleased you mentioned the wonderful Panamanian couple who look after the property which is a necessity in a tropical climate. They are helpful to guests and do their upmost to make their stay pleasant and we love them. So glad you enjoyed your stay.

Spoke many times on the telephone to this delightful person who seemed to really enjoy her stay. Hope she does come back.

I m really surprised. I talked to the guests on the phone the first day of their arrival and they told me everything was fine and that they were enjoying themselves. We update the property every year. That was done last March. This is an typical Panamanian house and with the humidity in Panama the disintegration is much more rapid than in the states or Europe. Unfortunately it rained almost everyday they were here, which must have been disappointing. We arrived the day of their departure and except for some of the plants having died we found the place clean and a delight. The microwave does work it just was unplugged. In Panama it is normal to avoid putting paper into a septic tank system and the people here wash with small showers attachments which are beside the toilet with soap and towels. Much more hygienic and ecological. Of course the metal work begins to rust within months by which may have given them the impression the place was not being looked after but we repainted every year. We have a couple who come in twice a week all year round to do the maintenance and look after the place so it is hard to believe the place was dirty and they said they even cleaned up several times while these guests were here. Our caretakers said the guests left the place in terrible mess and had not emptied the garbage or washed a dish their whole stay. That is easy to deal with but the sheets and pillow cases and towels were covered in some kind of orange dye that is impossible to remove (they will have to be replaced). I guess it's not possible to always have appreciative guess and as much as i can understand their disappointment to be here a week and have four days of solid rain(very unusual- normally short warm showers this time of year) I can not take the blame for the unfortunate weather which must have been very depressing.

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Electric cuts are a problem in Panama when branches fall on the lines and it normally takes a few hours to fix them. I think our caretaker did rather well by offering them a luxurious apartment for the evening.

I think, to expect a Panamanian over the age of 35 to speak English is a bit exaggerated -- Panama is not America or England -- it is a third world country and people should take that into account. Things don't work as smoothly as we are use to in the first world.

In Europe people over 35's don't often speak English and English people often don't speak anything but English, and we are happy that Ricardo speaks as much English as he does. He waited an hour and a half for these people to show up (their bus was late) at the taxi area to take them to the property because they didn't want to rent a car. He then arranged to pick them up the next day when the electric problem was solved and for his trouble got not so much as a thank you. The only criticism i can make of Ricardo is that the electric fans and flash lights were not charged up but maybe they were disconnected by the previous guest and he didn't notice.

It is true that Panama is a reasonably safe country but petty thievery does exist and Panamanian do like to have their property secure, but to say that the barbered wire prevented a view of the sea is totally untrue!!! The fence on the sea is designed to be below eye level 60 cm or only 2 feet high as anyone can see from the photos.

The large open work iron doors all have windows that open wide and are completely screened on both sides of the room -- so no insects can enter if one wants the sound of the sea and the air blowing through the room instead of AC.

We did say the TV reception is bad but everyone now gets their news on internet and everything is set up on our television system for Netflix and amazon films so if you have a computer you don't need more.

We called these people the following morning and explained everything to them and called again when the electric was fixed to say Ricardo would pick them up. I'm glad our usual guests are more adaptable and understand that in a third world country they can not expect everything to be exactly like their own home comforts in Europe--whatever they happen to be.