Nothing official was scheduled the next morning at the Melia Panama Hotel in Colon. Some of us walked around the grounds with one of our guides to look at flora and fauna that we never see in the Midwest. Others…
We awoke at 5 AM. The night's full moon had not quite set and the previous day's high temperature of 91° F had plunged to an overnight low of 79° F. Our suitcases were ready for the bus at 5:30. …
Dams and locks have been used for hundreds, maybe thousands, of years. The dams change a waterway into a series of steps with the necessary depth for the passage of vessels. The locks provide controlled passage through or around the…
The second day of the tour began with another bus ride to several historic sites. The first stop was at the Panama Canal Administration Building where we viewed a rotunda filled with paintings documenting canal construction. Behind the building we…
In 1513, Vasco Núñez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama to become the first European to see the Pacific Ocean. I didn't want to walk through fifty miles of jungle, so my wife and I took a boat through…