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Dec 20 Panama Canal

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January 12th 2011
Dec20 Panama Canal Sleeping with our curtains open helped wake me up at 5AM, there was a sea full of boats and lights everywhere in the Cristobal breakwater. Small panic to get in our housecoats and we watched for a few minutes from our deck. It is still dark and at the front of the ship it looks like a runway to guide us into the first set of locks, we have small boats on each side of us light ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá » Panama Canal

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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 ... ... read more