Miraflores Locks, Panamá Canal

David to Panamá City

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October 29th 2015
David to Panama City I was thinking this morning; this is just like riding at home except the flora and fauna are different, we ride on the 'right' side of the road and it's hotter than hell. In other words it's nothing like home! The road to Panama City was hundreds of kilometres of road works, the road surfaces were patchy and bumpy. Driving out of Santiago I saw a vortex of large blac ... 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