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Cool Runnings?? The PANAMA BOBSLED TEAM! Yes, Virginia, there really is a Panama Bobsled Team! It’s called THE SPIRIT OF PANAMA! This works best if you let it download and then watch the whole video....
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Camels in Panama
One of the benefits of the Panama Canal expansion project is that it has opened a new window to scientific understanding of the formation of the Isthmus of Panama and it’s importance as “The Bridge of...
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Never having been to Tennessee I thought this picture was a good way to show my ignorance “Poor Gringo attorney living in the hills of East Tennessee” writes . . . Reverend, I am a poor Gringo attorney...
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The Flip Side of Paradise, Part II
Can the Panama Canal expansion help Panama’s poor? NPR reports Panama’s Canal Divides A Country Into Haves And Have-Nots by Tim Padgett, WLRN Miami, National Public Radio Jorge Quijano has one of the...
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Cruise Ships to Panama Up and New Hope for Colon
According to the Panama Tourism Authority, cruise ship arrivals in Panama increased 5.7% in the first five months of the year with 215,581 cruise passenger tourists, generating $27 million in revenue....
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Happy 100th Canal de Panama!
We live in a throw-away society. How long does your toaster work? How long do you keep any electronic device? Use it … works a while then quits, and you throw it away. Yet here is this engineering...
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And these folks are serious competitors …
There’s a lot of talk about the much-hyped Nicaragua Canal which is supposed to start construction by the end of this year. And Egypt, which seems to have trouble getting its country together, has...
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Good luck Mr. President
No, not that one. Although I do love this picture that Jim Wasson, creator of Panama Red overproof rum, posted of Obama … There’s even a Panama Red poster on the Oval Office wall! No, it’s this...
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At Last! Frank Gehry’s Biomuseo Opening Today
When Frank Gehry’s new Panama Biomuseum was under construction, and nothing more than still girders sticking up into the sky, I was working a Canal cruise. The Biomuseum is located on Amador Peninsula...
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Things Change
If there were a mantra for living in Panama it would be “things change!” In fact, if there were a mantra for life it would be “THINGS CHANGE!” Living in Panama I’ve learned that you always have to be...
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Back At Sea
It’s been over a year since I’ve been back on Princess and I’m happy to be back, this time on ISLAND PRINCESS again as Port Lecturer. I had a little over a month to get ready and no, it’s not just...
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My Day in The Panama Canal
In what may be a classic case of over-reaction, Carnival Corp following the Costa tragedy has now decided that nobody is allowed on the bridge of its ships except the bridge team and the pilots. You...
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Panama Canal Expansion Update
I’m back from 2.5 months onboard doing the Panama Canal. Internet access onboard is notoriously slow and expensive … which is why you haven’t heard much from me for the past several months. But I’m...
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Panama Canal Expansion 85% Complete
The Panama Canal expansion project is now 85% complete, following the installation Monday of the first lock gate at the waterway’s Pacific entrance, the Panama Canal Authority said. The gate, located...
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Bill Gates: Panama Canal “Top 10″
Gates is a blogger … isn’t everyone? His personal blog is called GatesNotes.com. Among his interesting video posts is this one “Taking The Family to The Panama Canal” or “Between The Seas.” Gates...
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What About The Nicaragua Canal?
It’s a question I’m now regularly asked on Panama Canal cruises, and it’s a good question, a question being asked by much of the world. Frankly, I doubt very much if the proposed Nicaragua canal will...
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The Panama and San Francisco Connection
Visiting The City By The Bay today, it is hard to appreciate the great significance of the Panama Canal for San Francisco. There always was a connection. When gold was discovered in California and the...
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Obama Visits Panama Canal
What would a trip to Panama be without visiting the Panama Canal? Obama paid a brief, very brief, visit to the Panama Canal this morning amidst very heavy security. Only secret service boats were...
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Panama Canal Expansion Update 88% Complete
Here’s the latest update from the Canal de Panama … This YouTube video can also be accessed by this link
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Nicaragua’s Canal: Show Us The Money
First, this isn’t a new idea. It’s been around since before the Panama Canal. I have said before that I have serious doubts that it will ever happen. First, no one ever consulted the Nicaraguan people,...
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