Canal, Panama City etc.
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Mark & Helen Syrett
Sat 25 Feb 2012 22:53
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Here are some more images of the canal
transit - Marita being dressed for action
 The canal is dredged continuously, this is one of
the dredgers, D'artagnan
 The tugs are also supersized, modern and rounded,
the first advisor was a tug engineer, the second a tug driver
 In the Pedro Miguel lock we watched the Sanko Titan
come closer and closer......
   Luckily the mules stopped the heavily laden ship
from coming any closer....I never want to be anywhere near this close to the bow
of a ship again!
We said goodbye as she steamed past us
 Yesterday we visited the old town of Panama,
heavily policed as it was full of Government offices, the other buildings were
in a very bad state, worse than Havana.
 The 17th Century cathedral was impressive from the
outside
 But inside all the plaques had been taken and the
cherubs had lost their heads.
 Our mooring at Balboa Yacht Club is just under the
Bridge of the Americas. We are back to a 5 metre tidal range
here.
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