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Panama canal - Threading the needle!!
... humid day.
The Panama Canal is a result of human ingenuity that goes back to the 16th century with the arrival of the Spanish. As they had only come equipped with a few shovels and a garden hoe after digging 5 feet they gave it up as bad job. On the plus side, the borders were looking very pretty!! From that fateful day, the die was cast and the idea of building a route that would connect the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans was conceived.
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Panama canal, human made wonder of the world!
... its fame and seeing it in use was an incredible experience. You need to know that boats can only go one way at a time, so in the morning, ships cross from the Pacific to the Atlantic and vice versa in the afternoon. It takes between 8 and 10 hours for a boat from the time it enters the first lock and exits the last one. The biggest ships built are called Panamax because they fit perfectly the dimensions of the locks of the canal. Those boats are 32m wide, and the canal is 33m! ...
From the Atlantic Caribbean to the Pacific Ocean
... and they chose 3 vessels to nest up - ie. to tie together. During our transit they nested 2 catamarans and 1 mono hull. We were nested in the middle of the other 2 boats, which was a good thing, and also a bad thing. Good because in the case of an accident, it's more likely that one of the 2 outside boats may get damaged, but bad also because whoever is in the middle, has the responsibility of maneuvering the other 2 boats through the process. The 2 outside boats only use ...
Driving in Panama
... safely".
So how is the driving now? There are signs, traffic lights, and better paved roads now. People still drive though as if they have to get to their destination before the bomb goes off. I've only got two minutes to save the world through my awesome shopping at the mall! MOVE LESS IMPORTANT PERSON! Lane markers are more like suggestions as people tend to drive in the middle of two lanes until ...
Panama Canal Transit - South to North
... m not sure if he will finish it on this cruise! This testimony to the arrogance of the 19th century, colossal mismanagement, and the eventual ceding of Panama from Columbia in order for the United States to take over the project was a major turning point in the history of Central America. What if accurate engineering had preceded the construction phase? What if the route across Nicaragua had been chosen instead? - just a couple of the ‘What ...
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