This BLOG thing is not working too well - actually the BLOG would work fine it is AOL that is not working too well. There is a sign that says AOL often does not work well on the ship so we may see what else we can do - maybe we will have to change the BLOG address, but if we do we will post it here. So if you are checking and there are not new entries it is not because we are not trying!
The Panama Canal was great - we had a beautiful day BUT it is HOT in this part of the world. We went through the canal with a large container ship going through the locks next to us so we could really see the the water level rising on the Atlantic side and lowering on the Pacific side. An absolute engineering marvel! We passed the Continental Divide but there was no sign like in the mountains - I was disappointed! I think we were at about 88 feet!
Yesterday our tour of Panama City was nice. Our tour guide - Javier - was a great guy. We saw a lot of nice areas and also what they call a red zone which basically means stay away from here. He said even the Panamanians don't go into the red zones because it is too dangerous. Some of the old military bases are being reconditioned to become luxury apartments. It was very nice. Our luncheon was good and the folklorio dancers were great. I am going to TRY to put some pictures of the canal on - wish me luck!
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