Constructing new locks

Panama Land and Water - Thursday 2010 February 11

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February 11th 2010
After a fairly ordinary breakfast of scrambled eggs and delicious, flavourful bacon, we set off for Portobelo, a ride of about 1 ½ hours. We saw more of Colon, mainly shabby, deteriorated French colonial buildings and sad cinder-block houses with maybe one or two bedrooms. Separated from the city by a large industrial zone – the buildi ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Panama » Colón

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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