Arriving in Panama was one of the prettiest sites of the trip! There were tons of big boats dotting the water waiting for all their paperwork to be approved by the canal so they can pass through. We were pulling in at around in the late afternoon, so the sun was pretty low and made for some great views, depending on which side of the ship we were looking off of.
We were surprised to see this skyline! We had no idea that there was such a metropolitan area so near the port.
The ship didn't pull right up to land, we had to tender in on the lifeboats, which didn't have any lights inside, so the ride back at night was pitch black and a little unsettling.
Once we made our way on land it was a little after 6:00 and the sun had already gone down, but it was SO hot still!
We took lots of pictures, but not many came out as anything but blobs since I didn't really know how to use the night setting on the camera. I've been using this excuse for too long...I really ought to learn how the thing works!
The first stop of our tour was Goethals Memorial, which is in front of the Panama Canal Administration building. It was built to honor the man who supervised the construction & opening of the canal.
Each of the 'shelves' have the name of one of the locks on it (Gatun, Miraflores and Pedro Miguel), but it's hard to see in the picture.
We then went inside the walled part of the city called Casco Antiguo. The architecture here was amazing, but we have little photographic evidence to prove it. Here are a few 'blob' shots...just for fun.
This was a monument dedicated to some Frenchmen who had influence on the canal...it was just really neat looking.
This is the Institute of National Culture which is the scene of a great chase in the latest James Bond movie, apparently...I don't remember, but I took the guides word for it.
We really wished that we could have spend the day in this port rather than the night since there were so many great things there. It was SO hot at night, so I could only imagine how hot it would have been during the day though...maybe we were better off!
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