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March 28th 2019

Published: March 31st 2019

This is the day!! Breakfast at 6, on the bus at 6:30, on the boat at 6:45! We were to have our luggage outside our door by 11:30 the night before to be picked up by the bellboy and loaded on the bus to be driven to Colon, where we'll exit the boat. Luckily, we left the knapsack to pick up after breakfast and noticed that our luggage (and that of other travelers on the same hall) had not been pic... Read Full Entry

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MikeAndSue

MikeandSue

This started for us to blog about India in 2008 and has been used several times since. Sue went to China in 2011 and helped the girls move around the Southeast in 2012. We'll keep using it to capture pictures and travels! Then: Ireland and the Isle of Man, summer 2017, bicycling in NYC with Road Scholars in Sept 2018, the Panama Canal, again with Road Scholars, March 2019! Then: Since we survived Covid-19 and Mike’s lymphoma, and Sue retired, we returned to Ireland and the Isle of Man in April/May 2023! For our 50th New Year's Eve together, we went to another Road Scholars program, New ... full info

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BIOMUSEO

Last view

PANAMAX

View of the Pacific New Locks before we head over to ours, the Original Locks

Arrow

the arrow tells ships which of the sets of locks to use--right or left.

032806STAR

032812Entering

ALEX

He who does all the work with the ropes, keeping us steady, once we're in the locks.

Locks are Closed

in front of us

Locks Star

as the Star begins to enter the first level.

and we follow

Half of the gate that will close behind us.

SUE

Enter

The size of everything is huge!

Enter

The space between the Star and the walls...

Enter

One of the 'mules' or trains that keep the large ships centered. We used a rope tied to the side. The sailboat tied up to us and the yacht to the sailboat.