The warmly cool, clear, ringing, perfumed, overflowing, redundant days, were as crystal goblets of Persian sherbet, heaped up – flaked up, with rose-water snow. — Herman Melville
Haley’s Panama visit 3/2017, Las Perlas Archipelago
Haley came to stay and play about a month before her sibs joined us for the passage. Poor girl, she arrived right before her 25th birthday and her folks were so consumed with the logistics of securing our long stay visas for French Polynesia, that it won’t go down as the very best celebration. We took the opportunity to break away from the vortex of ‘to do’ lists, and turned toward the Las Perlas Islands, to the south of Panama City, a day’s sail away.
Got traffic?!Sea Cloud going East through the CanalNew PanamaOld PanamaThey looked like Disney employees!The Casco Viejo area of Panama has become super gentrifiedNice to see these environmentally (more) friendly carsThe Las Brisas anchorage was full of working barges25 candles for Haley March 9thBirthday fudge!
Bright Lights, Big CityWe have pretty excellent cruising guides for this area; not so everywhereThe Las Perlas Archipelago is a real playground within 50nm of Panama CityLots of reading aboard Allora
Look who’s here?!Secret Beach, Punta Matadero (near Isla Espiritu Santo), Las PerlasSmooth operator.This photographer’s playground.Our beloved Oru Kakaks
black sand art
Punta Matadero (near Isla Espiritu Santo), Las PerlasWe got silly on this black sand sweet spot.Kayaking in Punta Matadero (south), Las PerlasLast light giddinessOur zany photographer!
Drone director, Haley
I can’t be the only one that loves stuff like this, right?!The crabs make this pattern in the wet sand with each new tideSunset in Las Perlas
