LIVE from Radiance Apr. 21, 2023 - The Panama Canal - Canal au Niveau de la Mer

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Almost ready for us.

 

 

The Visitors Center I visited yesterday. 

 

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Open the gates!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Panama City in the distance. 

 

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Edited April 28, 2023 by twangster

[BillB48]

Only 54' more to go... down that is!

[sdrocks]

3 hours ago, twangster said:

Gold Hill

 

 

 

Your pictures are fantastic.  Have to wait until Oct 2024 to experience this. 

[Essiesmom]

Into the lock

 

 

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We've come down in the world. 

 

 

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One more lock chamber to go. 

 

 

 

 

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Moving forward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It's raining!

 

 

This is a good thing for the canal, they need the rain. 

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Last lock gate

 

 

 

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Andjust like that we meet the waters of the Pacific Ocean

 

 

 

 

 

 

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And then rain became a little heavier

 

 

Pretty good timing. 

[Mrs.Dukes]

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing them with us!

[Jimbo]

Just now, twangster said:

And then rain became a little heavier

 

 

Pretty good timing. 

I think it is staged rain............rained just like that on our final lock also when we did the Panama Canal Cruise. We were going the opposite way though West to East.

[twangster]

The new Cocoli Locks

 

 

 

 

 

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The Bridge of the America's up next

 

 

 

 

[Sea Dog]

@twangster So interesting to see your pictures. The engineering that goes into those locks is amazing. Makes me really want to book this cruise. Thank you for sharing all your pictures.

[bobmacliberty]

I had a business meeting in Panama City a few years ago.  A group of us boarded a bus for a group dinner at the Miraflores Visitors Center.  We were to eat while watching ships transit the locks.  We were literally about a mile from the visitor's center when traffic came to a complete stop and didn't move...for about 45 minutes.  We finally made the decision to give up, turn the bus around, and drive back to the hotel.  We had bad pizza in a little place around the corner from the hotel.  Never did find out what happened to cause the traffic problem.

 

Thanks @twangster for letting me finally see the Miraflores locks. 😁

[twangster]

Next stop, somewhere with cold beer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We made it!

 

 

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Panama City

 

 

 

 

[ecslady]

2 hours ago, little britain said:

The gates 

 

Cool pics! I've never seen it from an oceanview cabin.