Lake feeding into the last lock of the canal

Panama City

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September 23rd 2014
Last day of this amazing vacation! Kelly and I planned a 24-hour layover in Panama City which we had heard was as much time as you needed there. Plus if we didn’t make it a 24-hour layover it was going to be a 6-hour layover and we were dreading spending that much time in the airport. Kelly and I had decided to go directly to the Panama Canal since that is the place we really wanted to see; ho ... 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