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| | | Topside early in the morning | |
| | | I guess everyone took this picture | |
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| | A closeup of one of three mules on the port side | |
| | | Hard working Panamanian canal employees | |
| | | A lock showing the water level difference as we move up | |
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| | Ships ready to move in behind us. The traffic never slows | |
| | | A better view of the sequence | |
| | | The dam that controls lake level in the rainy season | |
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| | Jungle where the mosquitos used to breed | |
| | | | Dredging is a constant effort | |
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| | Worlds largest floating cranes | |
| | | The historic Changres river. The dam on this river was an engineering miracle. | |
| | | A prison in American times - now a "rehabilitation center" ? | |
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| | A small idea how massive the job was in the Galliard Cut - not the earth mover | |
| | | Water run off canal for rainy season | |
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| | Somebody's rock which which caused a slide in 1917 closing the canal. | |
| | | The shovel holds 15 cubic yards - or people | |
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| | Tree blooms only once every 100 years and we saw it | |
| | | Thanks to (@#$% ) Carter - Panamanian flag flies high. | |
| | | Dam to release water to the Pacific. Note former American base in background. | |
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| | Down we go to the Pacific side | |
| | | We squeeze by the recessed gate | |
| | | An orginal electric mule on display | |
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| | Control station - note the date: 1913 | |
| | | | Under the bridge of the Americas. | |
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| | | Sunset as the day ends with the ship anchored off the coast | |
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