Aries Tor in Miraflores Locks

Locking-through always interrupts our snacking (Aries Tor left-most in photo, starboard side of the raft)

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The Panama Canal: Saying Goodbye to the Continent

March 4th 2008
It can all be summed up quite simply: The Pacifico Project is a go! February has been an incredibly long month of Panama-mania, but we've finally made our way through the canal and we're now sitting happily on an southwest-facing anchorage making final preparations and provisioning for the next few long months of crossing the world's largest body of water, the Pacific Ocean! It seems strange ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá » Panama Canal

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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