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Calle 2 y Bolivar Colon, Panama
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Cruising the Panama canal
... and the City of Colon is a filthy place (our cruise director referred to Colon as a body part not a city). We were forewarned not to go into town (we only passed through on the bus) as it is not a safe place. Well, it’s not a very clean or pretty place either. If this is what Panama is like we have absolutely no desire to ever return. The people that took the ferry through the rest of the ...
Santana
... sowie Anne und Christoph, die mit uns aufs Boot wollten, etwas kleinlaut am Tisch, und sahen ihn erwartungsvoll an. Er nahm das ganz locker, und nach einer kurzen herumfragerei kam er lächelnd zu uns hinüber und teilte uns erfreut mit, dass wir mitfahren konnten! Yeah!
Zehn Minuten und ein hocherfreutes anstossen später kam er nochmals zu uns, diesmal ein wenig sorgenvoll. Ähm, ja, es sei nun so, dass es doch nicht so klar sei. Da wir das Deposit noch nicht bezahlt hätten, ...
Last Day in Portobelo
... Shopping Center so I tagged along. We stopped by an electronics shop downtown offering amazing prices that put WalMart to shame. With a duty free zone and low taxes, Colon is a great place to negotiate a good price on just about anything if one dares to venture in. Yes, I survived a quick trip into the ass of Panama without incident and I can report the city is quite sketchy. Though the main street wasn't as bad as ...
Half Baked Nutjobs at the Panadaria
... monkeys called out from the jungle around me.
I have one more day to spend in Portobelo before my boat hopefully leaves for an amazing adventure through the Kuna people filled San Blas Islands on the way to Colombia.
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What's Old is New Again, Part II
... City and wanted to see something new anyway.
Watching the ships enter the locks and then drop down is amazing. Three sets at Gatun lower or raise the ships a total of 85 feet as they make their way to or from the Atlantic. Each lock chamber is 1050 feet long by 110 feet wide, and these dimensions are known as Panamax to describe the maximum ship size that can transit the canal.
Jorge dropped me off on the side of ...
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