Panama

O homeland, so small, lying across an isthmus
where the sky is clearer and the sun more vibrant,
all your music resounds in me, just as
the sea does in the small chamber of the shell!

Ricardo Miró Patria (1909), translated for blonde.travel

Some of my Instagram posts from Panama

Olga in an orange dress beneath a bougainvillea-draped colonial façade in Casco Viejo, beside a costumed devil figure.Olga walking beside a rooftop pool among the glass towers of Panama City.Olga half-submerged in clear Caribbean water beside a starfish, with palms on the shore behind.