At Anchor

Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Sun 16 Mar 2008 13:25
At Anchor
 
Date 15.03.08
 
Hi Folks,
 
Still at anchor , the smog cleared ,Ruth aka Smoggy was unhappy at this as it reminded her of home , Teeside and hence her aka .
 It  turns out that they burn all of Panama cities waste once a week in large landfill sites on the Pacific coast , its ok when the wind isn't blowing your way ! the locals say the smell takes a few days to remove from there houses , it was bad enough here so what it must have been like down town Colon in the narrow streets and compress living spaces I cant imagine , probably like the old London smog's of the 50s except they didn't burn plastics then just good old coal .
 
 Ike , Ruth,Rob and myself went ashore on a water gathering run , Ruth and Rob went to find the Banko first, they taxied  to the bank and walked back down the main drag of Colon , clutching there deneros closely as no doubt gringos with denero equal good night out in Panama city to the local populous.
 
Not much to report on the canal transit date , we have the Admesure tomorrow so should find out more in the next few day .
 
Sharon , Daniel is still tied up with the senioritis and tequila so missed out again on a great chilli con cairn , we ate his share again , He rang Lyn to say that tonight was the night so we await his buns with anticipation ....
 
Anchored Noah's