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Published: June 26th 2008
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Miraflores Locks
We saw two ships pass through. This is the first one. Very big. Impressive Hello from Panama City. We arrived late last night with no problems. Today we enjoyed the city starting with the Amador Causeway at the Pacific entrance to the canal. It was absolutely gorgeous. We walked around the city and visited the Miraflores Locks in the afternoon. The huge cargo ships pass between the Atlantic and Pacific in approx. 8 hours with a 2 foot clearance on both sides inside the locks. It is simply genius, it saves the ships two weeks time if they had to pass around Cape Horn. The old architecture is beautiful, but some of it is in bad shape. There is a lot of construction and revitalization.
Tomorrow we travel approx. 7 hours by bus to David. We will be picked up Friday morning to go whitewater rafting. Thanks for joining us on our journey, DeAnna
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Aunt Linda
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Greetings!
Hi DeAnna and Stephen, Have a great time, be careful! Love Aunt Linda