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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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Centennial Bridge

Culebra Cut

The Culebra Cut is where the French failed. The were trying to build a sea-level canal which meant they'd have to dig down at lease 85' across the country. Turns out, this part of the country is basalt, incredibly hard. Many men died working on this portion of the Canal, often from TNT that blew up 'early'.

Culebra

The terraces are to discourage mud slides which continue at times. Part of the ongoing work is cleaning silt out of the canal and keeping the depth they need.