Balboa Harbor and Bridge of the Americas

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July 17th 1965
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 ... read more

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With US backing, Panama seceded from Colombia in 1903 and promptly signed a treaty with the US allowing for the construction of a canal and US sovereignty over a strip of land on either side of the structure (the Panama Canal Zone). The Panama Canal ... ... read more

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