Pacific... Here we are !!!
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We are glad to write a small note from Panama City, the city
on the Pacific side, where we arrived yesterday, after spending 23 hours
exactly, in between the two oceans. We left Colon, the Atlantic side of Panama, 2 days ago,
crossed the 3 locks which bring you to the Gatun Lake. It is a beautiful artificial,
soft water lake located in the middle of the Canal passage. We spent the night
there, and left the next morning very early to start the second step of our
journey ; we crossed the last 3 locks, Miraflores Locks, and finally arrived in
the Pacific. We had to go up 28 meters, and then go down 28 meters. Everybody
was very busy trying to hold the boat straight… But such an amazing
experience. We are now in Panama City marina, trying to catch up with
the CNED, the French school by correspondence, in order to send enough tests
before we go again on the sea, next week. We are practicing our Spanish again, and it’s quite
cool. We also eat a lot of local fish : corvina at every meal. Do I really have
to talk about fish and fishing… No I don’t think so, it’s
really not necessary… I’m sure Ferdinand will find on his way the
Wizard of Oz -Fishing Dept-. Anyway, we have to say that we were lucky enough to meet
some really wonderful people since we started our trip at the end of
December (including our stay in Sainte Lucia). Beeing as “minded available”
as we are – no real schedule, no material problems (I mean, except the
generator, the desalt machine and some other mild troubles…!), totally
open on the outside world allowed us to meet really nice people ; Elizabeth and
Jeff and their adorable daughters were just like long time friends in Sainte
Lucia, even though we didn’t know them a few weeks ago… Reinhardt
also, who came with us on the boat after the departure line, and took the risk
to be left behind on the Caribbean Sea, just to make sure that we knew how
to use the parasailor for the race… It’s time to go to bed : no real schedule, but just a
few things to do tomorrow … fixing the boat, teaching 5th grade
and 7th grade , do the food shopping, cleaning the boat, washing the
clothes, do the… but having fun … Ciao, Marie-Anne PS: yellow bananas are not an option anyway… |