A
Trip to Panama and Costa Rica
Through
the Panama Canal
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| We began our trip with a journey through the Panama Canal, one of the great engineering marvels of the 20th century. Ships loaded with thousands of containers go through the canal every day. | |
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| The gates that control the flow of water through the locks are massive--and still the originals. | Between the two ends of the canal is placid Lake Gatun. |
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| The locks look steep and the process of moving ships through is carefully choreographed. | |
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| Ships must have two feet of clearance in the locks, but sometimes it looked like a little less to us! | As we emerged, we saw the Bridge of the Americas ahead of us. |
