Hom nay du thuyen ghe qua Huatulco, Mexico. Huatuco la thanh pho nho o ven bien Mexico. Co 50,000 song tai day, cach Acapulco 500km ve phia Nam. 80%!t(MISSING)ourist la nguoi Me va 20%!l(MISSING)a nguoi ngoai quoc.
Huatulco duoc cong nhan la tai san the gioi Unesco nam 2006 vi co nhieu rung voi tai san thien nhien quy bao o day. Da so vung nay thuoc ve Parpue National Huatulco hay National Park cua Me Tay co thanh lap nam 1998 gom co 6,375 hectares vung dat thap va 5,516 la marine . Co 723 loai thu song o park nay. Huatulco duoc cong nhan la Green Globe cua the gioi sau Bali va Kaikura cua New Zealand.
Cach port khoang 10km co Bocana De Rio Capalita ton tai hon 2,500 nam, rong 35 hectares.
O day co nhieu vuon trong ca phe va waterfalls voi chieu dai lich su la 2,500 goi la Bocana del Rio Copalita.
Du thuyen cap ben port Huatulco, Mexico khoang 8am. Toi thuc day som
luc 5am va tap the duc den 7am thi den sang va cho den 8am thi xuong thuyen. Toi da co chuong trinh hom nay la dung All Trails de di hiking trong Huatulco National park.
Toi tim ra Camino Al Organo trail nam trong Parque Nacional Huatulco. Trail nay dai 1 mile mot chieu nen toi chon trail nay de di. Duong di vang ve nen toi hoi lo ngai tuy nhien co xe co chay gan do nen toi yen tam. Di den con duong dan den dau trail thi thay diem bat dau trail di vao rung ram nen toi ngung lai de tro ve diem ban dau. Toi di den downtown Huatulco thi di xe bus den Bobana de Rio Copalita. Toi len xe bus voi nhieu nguoi dia Phuong nen toi ngai nen chon cho ngoi cuoi cung. Di duoc 20 phut thi tai xe bao toi xuong va di bo den Copalita. Toi nhin GPS thi biet hay con xa nen toi di xe taxi den Copalita. 10km sau toi den Copalita. Noi day vang ve khong mot du khach. Tinh co co 2 du khach tu du tguyen den nen chung toi
di chung vao park voi su huong dan cua tour guide.day la mot nguoi Uc va mot nguoi tau.
Park nay co nhieu cay rat co ma chua thay lan nao. Co nhung trai cay la nhu trai cay lo tai ma trai kho giong tai con nguoi, cac trai pine la toi chua tung thay. Rung cay tren duong di rat dep. Di duoc khoang 2 tieng thi tro ve lai Port. Toi rat vui vi xem duoc 2 noi dac biet cua vung nay. Vi con som nen toi di den bai bien gan du thuyen de boi khoang 40 phut roi len tau de du thuyen di den Costa Rica.
Toi den toi di bo quanh tau nhu thuong le. Tinh co toi gap cap vo chong nguoi My ma toi da gap toi hom truoc cung di bo xung quanh du thuyen. Ong My nay ten la Waynn ma vo ten la Sheri. Hom nay gap toi ong goi toi la GPS guy.
Hom qua toi va vo chong ong tam su rat lau. Ong la chu mot nong trai lon o Oregon trong cay thong va nuoi Turkey de ban.
Nong trai nay do cha me ong de lai va thau nhieu hue loi nen ong ba rat nho on cha me minh. Con cua ong ba da lon nen ong ba cung trao lai tai san nong trai cho con gai lon. Ong ba cho toi dia chi va moi den nha ong ba choi o Oregon, Hoa Ky.
Tai sao ong goi toi la GPS guy? Toi ke ong nghe quang doi cua toi. Toi duoc muon vao lam o hang dau tien cung la la Rockwell International sau nay ban lai cho Boeing. Toi la ky su design ve dien tu cua hang Rockwell International trong chuong trinh thanh lap va che ra he thong Globol Positioning System hay GPS ma dan Viet Nam goi la May Dinh Vi duoc dung de dinh vi tri bat cu noi nao tren the gioi ma luc bay gio duoc de trong cac Ve Tinh quan su hay Military Satellites cua khong quan Hoa Ky . Toi lam 10 nam trong chuong trinh nay voi nhiem vu la design he thong thong tin giua cac may Micro Computers de trong Ve tinh cua khong quan Hoa Ky. Toi duoc
trao bang sang che hay Patent cho su sang che cua toi. Hien sang che nay hay Patent duoc luu tru trong thu vien cua hang Boeing.
Nhung ky su trong chuong trinh GPS phai co Secret Clearance nghia la phai duoc FBI dieu tra khong thieu no, khong thieu thue va khong bi tu toi thi moi duoc Bo Quoc Phong My cap cho Secet Clearance de lam viec trong chuong trinh nay va phai giu bi mat ve nhung gi sang che ra. Vi so cac ky su bi mua chuoc boi gian diep va ban tai lieu bi mat de lay tien. Ngoai ra, Khong duoc di den cac nuoc cong san va neu di phai xin phep bo Quoc Phong Hoa Ky va phai duoc chap thuan moi duoc di va khi tro ve My phai tuong trinh cho Bo Quoc Phong biet di dau, o dau va gap nhung ai. Co nhung lan toi ve Viet Nam toi phai qua thu tuc nay. De co Scecret Clearance toi phai co quoc tich My. Khi toi lam o Rockwell International toi chua co quoc tich My vi toi qua My nam 1975 den khi toi
lam cho Rockwell International nam 1981 vua du 6 nam nen toi phai voi va vao quoc tich de sau do co Secret Clearance, neu khong toi se bi xa thai vi khong co Sceret Clearance de lam trong chuong trinh bi mat quoc phong GPS. May thay toi vao quoc tich My duoc nhanh hon thuong le roi tu do sau khi dieu tra cua bo Quoc Phong Hoa Ky toi duoc cap Sceret Clearance de lam cho chinh trinh GPS trong 10 nam.
Tu nam 1981 he thong GPS duoc xu dung tuyet doi cho quan doi nhat va khong quan Hoa Ky. Den nam 1989 co mot bien co quan trong xay ra: Mot chiec may bay dan su cua hang hang khong Dai Han, Korean Airlines bay lac vao khong phan Nga nen bi quan doi Nga ban ha lam rat nhieu nguoi dan bi tu nan. Luc bay gio duoi thoi Tong Thong Ronald Reagan. Vi tan nan chet rat nhieu nguoi vi khong co may GPS nen di lac vao khong phan nuoc Nga nen Tong Thong Reagan moi ra linh cho GPS duoc dung cho dan su khong chi danh
dac biet cho cho Bo Quoc Phong My. Tu do 1989 GPS duoc dung vao dan su tren may bay dan su, tren tau ngam, tren cac ve tinh dan su ve tren cac phuong tien giao thong nhu xe co hien nay ma chung ta dang xu dung trong cac cell phone.
2022-2-18 At Sea
Hom nay la ngay tau di den Costa Rica va can 2 ngay moi di den do.
Toi di lang thang tren du thuyen va tinh co toi gap nguoi cuu quan nhan Hoa Ky toi gap hom qua. Vo chong ong cuu quan nhan Hoa Ky nay ten la Errol va Kawaii Palmer. Ong Ba Sanh tai New Zealand va lon len luc 21 tuoi song o Hawaii. Den 24 tuoi ong ba lay nhau. 2 nam sau do ong gia nhap Khong Quan Hoa Ky va duoc qua Viet Nam theo quan doi Hoa Ky dong o Saigon con ba thi o lai Hawaii. Ong Errol la quan nhan trong Khong Quan Hoa Ky dong tai Bien Hoa Viet Nam vao 1979 den 1975. Vao nhung ngay cuoi cung cua Viet Nam Cong Hoa ong da giup
cac quan nhan Hoa Ky di tan ra khoi Viet Nam. Sau khi tre lai Hoa Ky ong lam cho United Airlines cua My duoc 10 nam thi ve huu cho den ngay nay. Hien ong ba song tai Provo Utah. Ong ba co cho toi dia chia de toi den choi voi ong ba. Ba Kawai la nguoi Hawaii nen rat thich dan ca. Ba mang theo cay dan tren du thuyen de ca hat cung chong, ong Errol. Ba Kawai hat cho chung toi nghe 2 ban nhac Hawaii ma toi chua tung nghe lan nao. Toi co chup lam ky niem nhung bai hat chu Hawaii ma ong ba mang theo de hat.
Ong Errol co mang theo tap nhat ky ma ong viet lai ngay thang o khi Viet Nam. Toi xuc dong khi nhin thay tap nhat ky nay. Trong nhung trang nhat ky, ong Errol co ke toi nghe ngay thang de trong trang nhat ky luc doan xe GMC cua quan doi Hoa Ky dang chay tren duong Tran Hung Dao bi Viet Cong dat bom no, khong mot quan nhan Hoa Ky nao tu nan ma co nhieu nguoi dan bi
chet. Toi rat may man duoc nhin thay nhung trang nhat Ky nay.
Vo chong ong Errol va Ba Kassai cho toi dia dia ong Ba o Utah va moi toi den nha ong choi. Toi cung moi ong dip nao den den Little Saigon choi va o nha toi nhu la hinh thuc tra on ong da hy sinh thoi tuoi tre den den giup dat nuoc toi. Ong ta tra loi:
“ You do not have to pay back” ( Anh khong can tra on )
Hom nay co mot nguoi bi dau nang tren thuyen nen thuyen truong ngung tau 30’ o El Salvador de thuyen nho dua nguoi nay vao bo de chua tri.
22-2-19 At sea
Toi den tham Costa Rica lan dau 8-1991. Sau 31 nam hom nay toi tro lai lan nua.
Hom nay co thuyet trinh ve Panama Canal . Panama canal la 8th Man made Wonder of the world. Vao 1913 Panama canal la 3 canal luc bay gio cua nhan loai. Gatun lake la largest manmade lake tren the gioi va trong lake nay co Earthen Dam la largest dam
Nam 1835 Tong Thong My la Andrew Jackson ra linh xay Panana Canal. Sau do 1845 mot thuong gia o New York xay railroad o Panama Canal roi thi 1855 railroad nay tro thanh railroad dau tien cua the gioi tri gia 9million dollars. Den nam 1880 Phap bat dau xay canal. Nam 1882 so nguoi lam viec cho Canal len den 30,000 nguoi. Den 1889 Phap ngung xay canal vi co 25,000 nhan cong chet vi binh sot ret, 5000 nguoi Phap chet. Den 1894 Hoa Ky thay Phap xay Canal. Hoa Ky tra 40million cho Phap thay vi 109million offer tu Phap. Can 8 nam tra tien cho Phap. 1898 the end Spanish- America war sau khi My chiem Phillipine, Hawaii, Tong Thong Rosevelt thay can mo duong di tu Pacific den Atlantic nen ra linh lam canal. 11-3-1903 Panama tuyet bo doc lap tu Columbia. 3 days later Tong Thong Hoa Ky cong nhan dat nuoc Panama ngay 11-6-1903. Ngay 2-23-1904 Hoa Ky duoc cong nhan quyen so huu cua canal va 5km quanh canal. 11-18 1904 Hoa Ky tra $10M bang vang va tra $250,000 hang nam trong 99 nam thue canal
tu nam 1913. Lau dau tien ky su John Findley Wallace lanh nhiem vu xay Canal va tra 40M cho Phap cho nhung dung cu con trong Canal, nhung mot nam sau thi tu chuc vi dieu kien lam viec rat xau va nhan vien bi binh sot ret va yellew fever chet nhieu.
Sau do John F. Stevens duoc muon nhu la chief engineer. Stevens ngung tat ca hoat dong cua Canal de tim cach tru binh sot ret. Ong xay 1,250 building moi va sua sang lai 1,200 buiding hien co va muon Col. William Crawford de lam chief ky su trong coi viec ngua binh cho nhan vien.
Den nam 1906 thi Canal duoc tai hoat dong va Thong Thong Roosevelt la vi Tong Thong dau tien nuoc My di tham vieng nuoc ngoai ma nuoc do la Panama.
Nam 1907 ky su trong quan doi Hoa Ky nam giu viec xay cat Canal duoi su huong dan cua Ky Su George Washington Gothels.
Ngay 5-10 1913 nhom ky su va Tong Thong Wooddrow Wilson gap nhau o White House de khoi dau cong viec cho 2 dai Duong Thai Binh Duong va
Dai Tay Duong gap nhau sau khi 352M toi 387M do la bo ra va mat 5,609 sinh mang cong nhan MY.
Bay gio canal cat ngan doan duong 12,875 km(8,000 miles) de di vong xuong South America va thuyen be di tu New York toi San Francisco la 19,315km.(12,000 miles).
Ngay 8-15-1914 commercial ship dau tien cua My di tu Thai Binh Duong qua Dai tay Duong bang Canal.
Nam 1919 33 chien ham cua quan doi Hoa Ky lan dau di qua Canal. Luc bay gio thuyen qua Canal mat khoang 10 den 12 tieng. Nam 1971 quan doi My xay co duong nhanh nhat di qua Canal may chi 2hrs41 .
Thuyen Container di qua Canal phai tra $99 cho moi container.
Ngay 5-15-2019 tien tra tang len cho new lock khi thuyen Triton co 15,313 container, co 12 hang container, cao 51.2m va dai 369 m phai tra tren $1M.
Truoc 2008 so tien tra cao nhat qua Canal la $97,696. 4-14-2010 record tra boi Norwegian Peral la $375,600
Nam 2016 Gia moi cho cac Cruise ship khoang $138 per berth cho old lock va $148 cho new lock
cong Pilot, Tugs va line handlers. Ngay 5-15-2018 cruise ship va Norwegian Bliss tra $891,600 de di qua new lock cua Panama canal.
Tien toi thieu phai tra de di qua la $8090 to $3,000. Nam 1926 Mr. Richard Halliburton loi qua Canal tra $.36
Canal mo 24hrs a day va 365 ngay. Nam 1966 den duoc gan vao Canal de di ban dem.
Canal bi dong cua 2 lan : 12hrs nam 1974 va 12-20-1989 .
Nam 1939 lan dau Canal du dinh mo rong va lan thu 2 la 1960s. 9-4-2007 su mo rong bat dau.
Ngay 6-26-2016 khanh thanh su mo rong ma ton khoang $5.5 ty do la. 2 locks moi duoc thanh lap voi 3 chambers va 9 recycling basins.
Neu khong co canal thuyen phai di vong phia duoi de di qua phai ben kia voi duong duong dai 21,000km, Sau khi xay xong canal thuyen chi mat 6,000km. Nhu vay thuyen save 15,000km.
Canal di con duong old lock tu Pacific qua Atlantic di tu Miraflores Locks den Pedro Miguel den Galilard Cut den Gatunb Lake den Gaun Locks sau cung den Limon Locks hay nguoc
Hom nay du thuyen Princess ma toi dang di phai tra $525,000 de di qua Panama Canal.
Truoc khi vao canal tu Pacific co cay cau goi la America Bridge. Co 46 tucks boats in Panama Canal. 21 loai ran doc tai day. The Millennium Bridge la 4 lane bridge, 3445ft long, 1779ft longest bridge in the world.
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About Me: I graduated from a Law School in Vietnam in 1975 and California Polytechnic University, USA, 1981,majoring in an electronic engineering. I worked for Rockwell International (now Boeing) as an aerospace engineer in the Space Shuttle and GPS Military Satellite projects and now on my own. I love to travel with all passion and to write about my travels, the international histories and politics too. I actually started to travel outside USA since 1989 and more aggressive recently. Visit my travel blog at: http://www.t... full info
The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst...more history
