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Panama the land of my desire

4 years ago
So I booked four months ago a flight from Vienna, Austria to Panama on 11.11.

I rented a house in Volcán. per 1. Nov. have a car in sight to buy there.

Someone will bring the three dogs and me from PTY to our new home.

I have one large 195x125x95 cm wooden crate half packed with stuff that I guess I need or am emotionally connected to and a decent price (1,250 EUR to port Colon [PAONX]).,

The apostilled health cert for the (elderly) dogs will take three gov. agencies and 2 days to complete, but there is nor stress since those certs can be up to ten days old.

My car is sold and I rent one for the vet. No one wants to take public transportation to move with three dogs who are not used to be led on a leash in close places.

The flight is excellent: 7:00 Departure Vienna 10:05 arrival Madrid - overlay till 11:50 and arrival in Panama 16:45. That means, that the vet in Panama is still there (until 22:00).

I will take a covid test on the tenth and arrive with a negative test that is fresher than 48 hours

That's a flight time of roughly fifteen hours! All is well.

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