Passage through the Panama Canal in Photos

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Passage through the Panama Canal in Photos

by Craig Zabransky on May 4, 2012 in Cruise Travel, Destination, Photo

Passage through the Panama Canal is on most maritime travelers’ bucket lists. And now after a recent cruise through the Caribbean I can check it off mine. The canal itself is impressive, very impressive. It is a modern marvel approaching 100 years operation still with its original locks. “Panamex” compliant cruise ships (a max of […]

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Sunset Sunday – The Panama Canal Sunset in Colón

by Craig Zabransky on April 29, 2012 in Cruise Travel, Sunset Sunday

Colón, the port city named for the Cristobal Colon, or as many know him, Christopher Columbus rests on the Caribbean side of the Panama Canal. The slow, sleepy, port itself doesn’t offer much insight into the explorer who enlightened Europe on a “new world,” but it does serve as the gateway to his very dream […]

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