The Panama Canal

The main tourist attraction in Panama City area is the Panama Canal. At the Miraflores Locks (some 15km South of the city) there is a museum depicting the efforts made by the French and the Americans to build the canal. This museum features some scale models as well as original equipment and pictures. They also have an exhibit of fish and insects (some of them really big!) living in the nearby jungle.333 canal334 canal335 canal336 canal337 canal338 canal339 canal340 canal341 canal342 canal

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More welding

In Panama City we almost lost the rear plate and the Pelican case together with that. Somehow all the weldings were cracked. A local shop solved the problem for $20.343 welding

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Panama City, Panama

Panama City was our first stop in Panama. The city surprised us with the beauty of the old center and the spectacular waterfront of the newly developed areas. In the first picture there is a view of the city taken from the old Officer’s Club building. That building was destroyed during the US invasion of Panama in 1989. Sadly, this is our third journey in a row when we get to see traces of destruction caused by the US Armed forces worldwide…317 pan318 pan320 pan321 pan322 pan323 pan324 pan325 pan326 pan327 pan328 pan329 pan330 pan331 pan

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Setting the sail

I am still to post pictures from half of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama. But I don’t have time for that right now, as later today we are expected to board Fritz the Cat, a catamaran that will take us on a 5 days cruise to Turbo, Colombia. This is the only way we can pass the Darien Gap. The road to the port of departure goes through an indian reservation so we have to leave early or else the road might be closed, due to local customs.

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