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    Panama City

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    ... and in a district full of hotels but there are very few restaurants and the ones that are there aren't amazing (the guide book said - Panama City, great food). It just seems to lack a true centre but maybe our opinion will change as we go on. To break ...

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    We went to Colon and didn't get robbed!

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    ... saw the sad town of Portobello.  It is a very impoverished area – drastically different from the sparkly skyscrapers of Panama City and definitely different from crime ridden Colon.  Some of it looked like the photos of Haiti – same ...

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    Wow, that's a big drainage.

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    ... route. Anyway, none of them are known to be great cities, although I am sure they all got their extremely well hidden charm. Panama City however, is one of those exotic sounding places. A city I really want to see, and not just because of the Panama ...

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    Finishing up in Panama City

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    After our long bus ride, we were looking forward to staying in Panama City for a while.  We ended up getting off the Tica bus into a huge bus terminal.  It had a FOOD COURT...and a MOVIE THEATER.  I don't think we've seen so many people at one time ...

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    The End Of The Road

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    ... to fill 3 days there going for walks, eating homemade cinnamon buns from the market and touring coffee farms. Highlights: - Albrook Mall, Panama City: Shopping has not been high our list of things to do this trip but the deals in Panama City were ...

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    On day 7 out of 107 !!!!

    We are on Day 7, just entered Gatun Lake after coming thru the locks...wonderful experience, although we have both been here before!  I have not exited on the Pacific side so that will be a new experience this afternoon.  The ship had been in ...

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    Through the Panama Canal

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    ... lock was about an hour later than we had been advised so nobody was watching when we went through. Then it was on to the Gatun lake where we spotted two crocs on the banks at different places. Finally, we went through the Gatun locks and emerged into the ...

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    kanalrapport

    ... Polynesien.  Vi lämnade våra medhjälpare och de inplastade bildäcken på dieselkajen vid Balboa Yacth Club (nära Panama city), tackade dem för ett gott jobb och gav dem som brukligt är taxi-och busspengar tillbaka till Shelter bay marina ...

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    Water and Rain

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    Panama City is a very large city with many modern skyscrapers along its shore and is dubbed the "Miami of the South".  Our main objective here was to see the canal and head north to a smaller town.  We started our day by heading out to Casco ...

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    Panama Canal

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    ... has two lanes. These locks serve as lifts, elevating vessels 85 feet above sea level from the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans to Gatun Lake. Fed by gravity from Gatun Lake into each set of locks, the water enters the locks’ chambers through a system of ...