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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]
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] Blog: Day at the Panama Canal & National Park
Date: February 13th 2007
Well I have finally made it after four and half months of road travel I am now at the border with latin america and will be taking a flight into Cartagena in Colombia on Valentines Day. I spent my final full day here in Panama City by going to visit the world famous canal and a few other monuments and parks and zoos around the city which is surpisingly more tourist friendly than the other centr ... read more
Date: February 13th 2007
Well I have finally made it after four and half months of road travel I am now at the border with latin america and will be taking a flight into Cartagena in Colombia on Valentines Day. I spent my final full day here in Panama City by going to visit the world famous canal and a few other monuments and parks and zoos around the city which is surpisingly more tourist friendly than the other centr ... read more
