Blogs from Panama Canal, Panamá, Panama, Central America Caribbean - page 11

Here are some pics with the new camera. I think it´s way better than the old and has opened up a new world of photography for me. So that was the blessing in disguise.... read more

Oriana arrived at Pacific side of Panama in the evening after two days sailing down the west coast of Mexico and Central America. The ship stayed at Balboa overnight so that the Panama Canal transit could be made during daylight when passengers could view the operation. Balboa is at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal on the Gulf of Panama. (The canal administrative offices are located here in a building opened in 1914.) An eastward transit of the canal begins at Balboa harbor. The Panama Canal is 48 miles in length (77 km), built to link the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean and Atlantic Oceans so that ships would not have to sail around Cape Horn to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific. The Panama Canal opened to traffic in 1914 after 34 years of construction. ... read more