https://sundayeveningreview.com/tags/places-to-retire/Recent content in Places-to-Retire on Sunday Evening ReviewHugoen-usWed, 29 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/living/retire-in-panama/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/living/retire-in-panama/<p>The taxi from Tocumen International Airport takes about forty-five minutes to reach Casco Viejo, depending on traffic, and the traffic is usually significant. Panama City stacks itself against the Pacific in a way that makes the approach disorienting if you&rsquo;ve prepared yourself for Central America: the skyline is almost Manhattan-adjacent, glass towers crowding the waterfront, construction cranes suggesting the towers aren&rsquo;t done coming. Then the driver turns south along the Cinta Costera and the Pacific opens to the right and you get the first real look at what this city actually is, which is something built fast in a place that was, for a long time, the point where everything had to stop and wait.</p>