Panama 2014 | Venezuela
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| Panama Canal Panama City Panama Viejo Miraflores Locks |
Panama Canal Transit
A ten hour boat tour from the Pacific to the Atlantic, along the mighty Panama canal.
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| Panama City Skyline |
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| Bridge of the Americas: Entry to Panama Canal |
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| Container port: many containers are transshipped by rail |
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| Construction site of new locks |
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| Miraflores Locks: West side |
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| Miraflores Locks: The gates swing open |
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| Miraflores Locks: Into the first lock |
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| Miraflores Locks: Waiting at the gate |
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| Miraflores Locks: Lifted up and heading onwards |
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| Centenniel Bridge: into the Gaillard Cut |
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| Gaillard Cut |
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| Gaillard Cut |
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| Giant car carrier |
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| Panama Canal |
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| Looking back: Narrowest section of Gaillard Cut |
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| Panama Canal |
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| Container ship "Ernest Hemingway" |
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| Lago Gatun: The artifical lake at the heart of the canal |
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| Ships entering the Gatun locks |
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| A pilot boat |
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| Switching pilots |
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| Entering the Gatun locks |
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| Double lock gates, in case of accidents |
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| Panama Canal |
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| A larger neighbour, in parallel lock |
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| Panama Canal |
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| Panama Canal |
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| Panama Canal |
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| Gates open |
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| We have some buddies share our lock |
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| A little "mule" locomotive |
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| One of our buddies is treading close behind |
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| It's a tight fit for our big buddy |
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| Last gate into the Atlantic |
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| Giant sliding gates for new locks |
Panama City
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| Panama City skyline, from old city |
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| Plaza de Francia |
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| Simon Bolivar statue |
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| Simon Bolivar statue |
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| Cathedral interior |
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| Canal Museum. French Canal Co. HQ |
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| Cathedral |
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| An exotic beauty |
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| An exotic beauty |
Panama Viejo
The ruins of the original city, abandoned after being taken and sacked by Henry Morgan.
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| Panama Viejo |
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| Panama Viejo |
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| Panama Viejo |
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Miraflores Locks
Views from the Miraflores Locks Visitor Center.
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| Closed gates |
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| Gates opening |
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| Miraflores Locks: going up... |
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| Miraflores Locks: up and through |
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| Miraflores Locks |
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| The little mules guide the larger ships |
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| Little guys get to putter through too |
| Venezuela
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