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March 21st 2009
Published: April 4th 2009
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We stepped on board the Princess Queen at 7am just outside Panama City - to our surprise a kind of Latin Manhattan with tall skyscrapers lining the coast. Our boat made its way past a flotilla of massive containers ships and oil tankers waiting their turn to enter the Canal. With the Pacific Ocean behind us and a Panama Canal Company captain on board (every ship has to have an official Company pi... Read Full Entry



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Jess and James
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Setting off with one way tickets to Mexico via Cuba (a two-month detour), we set ourselves the challenge of travelling through Central and South America down to the southern tip of Argentina by bus/train/boat. We wrote and photographed all our adventures, discoveries and passions - food and football, people and pictures, wildlife and walking, books and buildings, mountains and music. We promise you won't read a boring day-to-day diary, just interesting tales from the road. Plus for our friends with itchy feet, real backpacking tips direct from the backpack. Hasta luego! Jess and Jam... full info
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This ship didn´t quite get it right and rubbed of the side of the lock wallThis ship didn´t quite get it right and rubbed of the side of the lock wall
This ship didn´t quite get it right and rubbed of the side of the lock wall
Double doorsDouble doors
Double doors
These gates are 2m thick, 19.5m long and 20m high.
Going up!Going up!
Going up!
At Colon PortAt Colon Port
At Colon Port
Map of Panama showing the canal routeMap of Panama showing the canal route
Map of Panama showing the canal route
We travelled from east to west (bottom to top on the photo). The canal is 80km (50 miles) long.
At the Miraflores Locks visitor centreAt the Miraflores Locks visitor centre
At the Miraflores Locks visitor centre
(The previous day)



7th April 2009

gerardy
gerardthompson

hi....
have just caught up with you guys again. C and I are back in Skiathos after a very intense winter. Thanks for the pix of your darling sisters....you are both looking very well and obviously enjoying the 'canal' as we travellers call it.....keep well and happy!

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