Sunday, We passed through the Panama Canal from the Caribbean to the Pacific. This is my 4th time to do this transit. We had nice weather though it was very hot. We had a little bit of excitement as we passed through the last lock which has the visitor center next to it. Earlier in the day we were told that new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in town meeting with Panamanian President Jose Raul Molina and that they would be visiting the visitor center about the time we passed through that lock.
And a Happy Birthday to my sister-in-law Cindy.
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| lights of Colon as we approach the entrance to the Panama Canal |
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| Ships at anchor waiting for their turn to enter the canal |
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| A bit of color before sunrise |
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| Clouds bloicked the sunrise. |
The port of Colon i n the early morning haze.
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| A breakwater at entrance |
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| They server rolls, coffee and juic out at the bow of the ship |
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| Approaching then Atlantic Bridge completed in 2019 |
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| Passing under the bridge. |
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| We will go through the old locks in the the right channel. Large ships that don't fit the old locks will use the new chanel and locks (more expensive!) |
We had a delay of over an hour as there was some sort of issue with the right side locks.
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| Finally the ship in front of use was able to enter the first lock |
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| One of the electric Mules fetting set to help guide us though the lock |
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| A brown pelican flying over. |
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| A close-up of one of the mules. |
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| a very tall ship beside up. |
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| Once past the locks we enter Gatun lake. |
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| Both sides going the same direction here. |
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| This lock has double gates |
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| Water flowing out of the upper chamber to let us lower. |
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| The logo for our Pole-to-Pole cruise on the front of the ship. |
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| Another Magnificent Frigatebird |
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| Sone of the dignitaries involved with the Rubio / Mulino meeting being shown around the locks |
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| I missed setting their faces but this is Marco Rubio (right) and President Mulino (left) entering a tent set up beside the Panama Canal Visitor Center. |
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| The press Corps |
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| The Visitor Center |
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| On ship followed up out later in the afternoon. |
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| No sunset seen tonight. In the foreground is the new Cruise Terminal gates walkway. This was under construction when we we here in January 2023, |
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