Our main reason for visiting Panama was to see the canal but we spent the first day shopping as Panama has a lot of shopping malls and the prices were quite reasonable. I still wasn't feeling well so this was my idea of therapy.......
We did end up seeing the canal and were lucky enough to be there to see a few small ships move through the first part of Miraflores locks. The whole process of watching the boats come up into the lock and raising the water level takes a good hour or so and, while we were waiting, I got stung by a wasp! Seems like karma got me for laughing at Mark and his bee sting (Smiling - MK). Subborn me was determined to see the boats move through before I sat down and had a sook about my sting.
The canal was very impressive! I'm glad I suffered through my wasp sting to see it. (Suffered!! Nothing in comparison to my swollen ear. Now that was pain! - MK)
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| Boats being prepared to move through the locks |
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| The locks before the boats have been lifted. |
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| The same locks after. The water level must be equal for the lock to open |
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