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Background: With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers between 1904 and 1914. On 7 September 1977, an agreement was signed for the complete transfer of the Canal from the US to Panama by the end of 1999. Certain portions of the Zone and increasing responsibility over the Canal were turned over in the intervening years. With US help, dictator Manuel NORIEGA was deposed in 1989. The entire Panama Canal, the area supporting the Canal, and remaining US military bases were turned over to Panama by or on 31 December 1999.
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November 19th 2009 Central America Caribbean » Panama
For some reason, a new depth of thought came to Gus when he passed a cigarette to each of the three men who stood in the wooden boat which floated softly against the side of the sailboat he was in. ... 32 photos [full story]
For some reason, a new depth of thought came to Gus when he passed a cigarette to each of the three men who stood in the wooden boat which floated softly against the side of the sailboat he was in. ... 32 photos [full story]
November 18th 2009 Central America Caribbean » Panama » Veraguas
Before traveling to Escudo de Veraguas, Sandcastle was flushed out of the Chagres River as the flood gates of the Gatun Lake Dam were opened to spill off excess water dumped into it by torrential down ... 6 photos [full story]
Before traveling to Escudo de Veraguas, Sandcastle was flushed out of the Chagres River as the flood gates of the Gatun Lake Dam were opened to spill off excess water dumped into it by torrential down ... 6 photos [full story]
November 18th 2009 Central America Caribbean » Panama » Colón
When we left Shelter Bay Marina of Colon, Panama it was a warm, sunny day. We were full of emotions, sad and excited at leaving friends behind but with hope of seeing new sites ahead. The trip, all ... 7 photos [full story]
When we left Shelter Bay Marina of Colon, Panama it was a warm, sunny day. We were full of emotions, sad and excited at leaving friends behind but with hope of seeing new sites ahead. The trip, all ... 7 photos [full story]
November 15th 2009 Central America Caribbean » Panama
I gave you a bit of an hint in my last blog about leaving the project which you think would be really easy, but wasn't. We wanted to leave Saturday morning, the 4 o'clock bus·(painful). But the ni ... 46 photos [full story]
I gave you a bit of an hint in my last blog about leaving the project which you think would be really easy, but wasn't. We wanted to leave Saturday morning, the 4 o'clock bus·(painful). But the ni ... 46 photos [full story]
November 10th 2009 Central America Caribbean » Panama » Kuna Yala » Archipielago de San Blas
During the past year and before deciding we would take Sandcastle home, Roger and I toured Kuna Yala. We were fortunate to meet a group of sailors who enjoyed similar types of site seeing and enterta ... 13 photos [full story]
During the past year and before deciding we would take Sandcastle home, Roger and I toured Kuna Yala. We were fortunate to meet a group of sailors who enjoyed similar types of site seeing and enterta ... 13 photos [full story]
November 9th 2009 Central America Caribbean » Panama » Colón
Here we sit in Shelter Bay Marina after having hauled and painted the bottom contemplating the trip ahead. Although exciting it is sad to be ending this phase of our last 5 years sailing the Carribea ... 3 photos [full story]
Here we sit in Shelter Bay Marina after having hauled and painted the bottom contemplating the trip ahead. Although exciting it is sad to be ending this phase of our last 5 years sailing the Carribea ... 3 photos [full story]
November 7th 2009 Central America Caribbean » Panama » Bocas Del Toro » Isla Colon
We left Puerto Viejo a little behind schedule and made our way into Panama. First stop was in Bocas del Toro; a chain of islands on the Western Caribbean coast of Panama. The vibe here was really co ... [full story]
We left Puerto Viejo a little behind schedule and made our way into Panama. First stop was in Bocas del Toro; a chain of islands on the Western Caribbean coast of Panama. The vibe here was really co ... [full story]
November 5th 2009 Central America Caribbean » Panama
We are spending 3 months in Panama; neither one of us has been to Central America before. The people speak Spanish and I'm trying to get us by but seem to be using more sign language than anything ... 8 photos [full story]
We are spending 3 months in Panama; neither one of us has been to Central America before. The people speak Spanish and I'm trying to get us by but seem to be using more sign language than anything ... 8 photos [full story]
November 5th 2009 Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá » Panama City
hallo all, would you please let me know how is the weather in panama between Jan and Feb? I'm planning a 3 weeks trip to Panama in that period but I have been told that in Panama it rains till beginn ... [full story]
hallo all, would you please let me know how is the weather in panama between Jan and Feb? I'm planning a 3 weeks trip to Panama in that period but I have been told that in Panama it rains till beginn ... [full story]
October 28th 2009 Central America Caribbean » Panama » Bocas Del Toro
Well, finally hit some problems with the house. It's too long to go into detail on the blog, but unbeknownst to me, one of the days that Juancho (proper spelling, not Wanchow) and I went to Almirante ... 9 photos [full story]
Well, finally hit some problems with the house. It's too long to go into detail on the blog, but unbeknownst to me, one of the days that Juancho (proper spelling, not Wanchow) and I went to Almirante ... 9 photos [full story]
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