When I decided to visit Panama for the first time for a beach vacation I knew I would not only be sipping rum and cokes by the pool. I couldn't go to Panama and not visit the Panama Canal.
I booked an excursion from my hotel and we drove towards Panama on a Sunday, which thankfully is a light traffic day. We boarded the boat at Gatun Lake, mid point of the Atlantic to Pacific crossing, and proceeded through the lake and the locks Westward to toward the Pacific and Panama City.
It was fascinating to see the engineering and the scale,with the same principles as canals I've seen in Canada just massively larger. It was a bit of a long day -- I can see why they only do half the passage -- but definitely worth doing and glad I did.
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