That's How Deep

Gold Hill on the left, so named not because there was any gold in Panama, but because the French were broke and wanted investors. Anyway, this shot shoes how deep they had to dig. That mountain used to go all the way across.

My Canal Tops Your Canal

January 8th 2011
Geo: 8.99427, -79.5188We met another wonderful couple from Canada today Heather and Phil---they're almost as wonderful as you! They're from Saskachawan and were on the Canal tour with us and 100 of our closest friends.We did what's called a partial transit--took a bus to Gamboa where we boarded our boat in the canal, then rode down through two locks to the Pacific ocean.It was FR ... 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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