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Our Panama Canal Cruise - Travelling to San Juan, 1992 March 12 – 16

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March 12th 1992
Before Panama was open to land tours, my father and I took a cruise through the Panama Canal. As an engineer, he was fascinated by its construction. He read and urged me to read <em style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #0a0a0a; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.2px;">[url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Path-Between-the-Seas/David-McCullough/9 ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Puerto Rico » San Juan

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Populated for centuries by aboriginal peoples, the island was claimed by the Spanish Crown in 1493 following Columbus' second voyage to the Americas. In 1898, after 400 years of colonial rule that saw the indigenous population nearly exterminated and... ... read more