The Gatun Gates.

Each gate is 82 ft high (about the same as a 7 story building), 65 ft wide and 7 ft thick and weighs in at over 700 tons. The hinges themselves each weigh 16.7 tons. Each set of gates close to a V shape with the point upstream; this set-up means that the force of water from the higher side pushes the ends of the gates firmly together. The gates can only be opened when the water level on both sides is equal.

Juxtapositions and Star-Destroyers...

April 11th 2012
Hola amigos para la ultima vez de este viaje! Panama City is full of juxtapositions! Old, ruined buildings standing next to modern glass fronted high-rises, millionaires in mansions surrounded by slums and shacks. Wealthy businessmen working along side the poverty-striken lower-class, fancy new highways that merge into pot-holed and litter-strewn tracks... It's an amazing place! The skyline ... read more

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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

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