Panama: Day 2: The Panama Canal

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Close it off

Fill 'er up

Left the hotel at 6:30am, arrived in Colón at 8:30am and "shopped" until 1:30pm. We then made our way to Gatun Locks and watched a couple of boats pass through. Afterward, we went over a bridge that goes over the Gatun Lagoon I think and then headed back to the hotel for dinner.

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Photos

Esclusas de Gatun
The Gatun Locks

Tracks
For the mini-trains that help the boats move through the canal

Other side
The Gatun Locks is the last part of the canal before the Atlantic Ocean

Since 1913
Been around for a while

Locks
Amazing engineering

AFS Buddies
Front row (left to right): Angela (California), Charise (New Mexico); Back row (left to right): Oscar & Alexa (brother and sister of local family), Sara & Alex (New Zealand), Nadine & Rebecca (Swizterland)

Crew members take photos too
The guy on the right had just taken a picture of us

Bridge
Taken nearby the canal

Family who was kind enough to take us to Panama
Left to right: Mariel (daughter), Oscar (son), Alexa (daughter), Ana (AFS volunteer and mother), and Mario (father)