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D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Fri, Nov 2, 2018 7:29 AM Hamo, will you have a car? We are 2 1/2 hours from San Francisco if there's no slow traffic. Please feel free to share you tiki bar photos here. Also I think I asked you how tall and wide do you want your Wish List mug to be. ======================================== The Panama Canal was built by people from central and south America. It happened because of America. There were no regulations to protect workers back then and tens of thousands died in mud slides, other job related injuries and from disease. Many of todays regulations to protect workers were written by one administration and signed by the next. It takes decades to push these protections through and only an ink pen in the hand of the wrong person to undo them in seconds. The Panama Canal takes eight hours to cross. There are locks that raise you in the beginning, then you sail across a man made lake and then you are lowered be more locks. It's all very slow. It is scorching hot and humid so we watched the approach to the first lock on the TV in our cabin. On and off we would look over our balcony. In the jungle beside us we could hear hooting monkeys. Inch by inch we came closer. Now the lock floods and the ship raises and then we sail forward. We went outside as we sailed to the next lock. We tourists just have to document our travels. Then we got smart. We went to the top of the ship to the lounge where we and a hundred others could watch while in a cool room. Lock empty. Lock flooded. Right here we were next to another canal with locks so I got a good photo of one empty and then it filled. It must have been a test since there wasn't a ship in this canal. Off to the side there was a welcome sign. Behind it more jungle with more monkey's making fun noises. We are finished and on the TV saw the bridge and the Atlantic Ocean. When we got to the bridge I went outside to take a photo. Dan and I each received this certificate as a souvenir. Next stop will be Colon, Panama. It's still stifling hot! Wendy [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2018-11-02 07:30 ]

Hamo, will you have a car? We are 2 1/2 hours from San Francisco if there's no slow traffic. Please feel free to share you tiki bar photos here. Also I think I asked you how tall and wide do you want your Wish List mug to be.

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The Panama Canal was built by people from central and south America. It happened because of America. There were no regulations to protect workers back then and tens of thousands died in mud slides, other job related injuries and from disease. Many of todays regulations to protect workers were written by one administration and signed by the next. It takes decades to push these protections through and only an ink pen in the hand of the wrong person to undo them in seconds.

The Panama Canal takes eight hours to cross. There are locks that raise you in the beginning, then you sail across a man made lake and then you are lowered be more locks. It's all very slow.

It is scorching hot and humid so we watched the approach to the first lock on the TV in our cabin.

On and off we would look over our balcony. In the jungle beside us we could hear hooting monkeys.

Inch by inch we came closer.

Now the lock floods and the ship raises and then we sail forward.

We went outside as we sailed to the next lock.

We tourists just have to document our travels.

Then we got smart. We went to the top of the ship to the lounge where we and a hundred others could watch while in a cool room.

Lock empty.

Lock flooded.

Right here we were next to another canal with locks so I got a good photo of one empty and

then it filled. It must have been a test since there wasn't a ship in this canal.

Off to the side there was a welcome sign. Behind it more jungle with more monkey's making fun noises.

We are finished and on the TV saw the bridge and the Atlantic Ocean.

When we got to the bridge I went outside to take a photo.

Dan and I each received this certificate as a souvenir.

Next stop will be Colon, Panama. It's still stifling hot! Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2018-11-02 07:30 ]

Post #790874 by danlovestikis on Fri, Nov 2, 2018 7:29 AM