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We showed up at Panama City after dark. Some people took the lifeboats into the city.
We stayed on board and relaxed. The following morning, we started our journey through the canal. It was drizzly, but not really raining.
We did learn that a few days after our passage that it rained so hard they actually had to close the canal due to flooding.
Apparently it was the first time in about 50 years since it has rained that hard. The trip through the canal is beautiful. Kind of like a big version of the old Disney Jungle ride.
We didn't see any crocodiles, but we did see quite a few birds. |
One of the Lifeboats Ferrys People to Panama City
Panama City at Night - A Lot Darker Than it is in Daylight
Meanwhile, Back on the Boat
Approaching the First Set of Locks
Approaching the First Set of Locks
Approaching the First Set of Locks
Tugboat Race - I Think The One in Front is Winning
Looks Like a Dredger - Doing the Dredge Report
Concepcion - Waiting for an Opening in the Locks or A Paint Job
Still Approaching the First Set of Locks
The Sloeber (Probably French for Slobber)
Approaching the First Set of Locks
Approaching the First Set of Locks
Almost There
Entering the First of the Miraflores Locks
Our Welcoming Comittee - A Ringtailed Coati
At the Locks, Forward Motion is Powered by the Ships
There are Four Mules (Train Engines on Tracks)
The Mules Only Provide Tension to Keep the Boat Centered
View of Some of the Controls
Into the Locks
Heading for the Next Level
Tom, Pam & Cher do Their Best to Keep Dry
Exiting the First Set of Locks
Heading for the Second Lift, the Pedro Miguel Locks
Cruising Through the Pedro Miguel Locks
Cruising Through the Pedro Miguel Locks
Cruising Through the Pedro Miguel Locks
Exiting the Pedro Miguel Locks
View of the Centennial Bridge,
One of Only Two Bridges Crossing the Canal
One of Only Two Bridges Crossing the Canal
Cruising Through the Canal
Better View of the Centennial Bridge
Cruising Through the Canal
Cruising Through the Canal
I Think That's J.J. Walker's Boat: "Dyno-Mite"
For All the Beauty & Commerce, It's Amazingly Uninhabited
Cruising Through the Canal
Cruising Through the Canal
Cruising Through the Canal
Cruising Through the Canal
Cruising Through the Canal
Cruising Through the Canal
This River Branch Originates at Lake Alhajuela
This Fancy Boat Looks Empty
But I Think It's Just Riding High
I Can Tell by the Deck That it's Drying Out
Pam Poses Near One of the Wider Sections
Another Fancy High-Riding Ship
Arriving at the Gatun Locks
Cruising Through the Gatun Locks
Cruising Through the Gatun Locks
Cruising Through the Gatun Locks
Almost to the Last Lock
Cruised the Panama Canal & All I Got Was This Dumb Pelican
Heading Into the Caribbean Sea
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