3 January 2018 • 571 km / 355 mi (map)
We left Cartagena last night and arrived early this morning at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal. We sailed into Lake Gatún, the first major inland lake on the canal, and then I took a shore excursion to see the new version of the canal and some local culture.
6:08am: A pilot boat rushes by as we prepare to enter the Panama Canal.
The last bits of fog rise over the area near the canal.
Moving boats through the canal is quite the procession:
Today’s shore excursion offered a chance to see the recently opened wider version of the canal:
A brief, intense thunderstorm rolls through over Gatún Lake. This is our cruise ship, as seen from the Canal Expansion Observation Center:
Our “shore” excursion then ventured around Gatún Lake:
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