Looking down into the 2nd chamber at the Miraflores Lock

Day 90 - Through the Panama Canal

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September 30th 2006
A day that Ed has been waiting for for a long time, we returned to the ghost town at the end of the causeway in the vain hope of finding some breakfast. Luckily one entrepreneurial lady was selling pastries and homemade orange juice. Our trip was only a partial transit so we started off with a bus journey to Gatun lake, this is approximately the mid point and when it was created it was the l ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Panamá » Panama City

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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