10-Day Panama Trip
 

It's 4:30 am here and I just got in.. I'll post a bunch of photos soon but I'm beat right now after flying, flight delays, and being up for 22 hours so far. So here's a little taste, the Bridge of the Americas at night:

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Such beautiful colours.

I'll look forward to more pics soon.

wow, that came out great! lucky you!

That connects North and South America?

Yes it does bruce. It is part of the Pan-American Highway and was for awhile the only permanent bridge across the canal effectively linking North and South America. Before it's construction ferries and a swinging bridge that had to open for ever ship were relied on for ground traffic.

As promised here is a snippet of the 400+ photos I took:

Typical street on the city outskirts
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Public transportation
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Every building was fenced or walled and topped with barbed wire
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Local kids at school
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Building a large shelter that will house a twice a week feeding program for impoverished local kids
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Stray dogs were everywhere
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Ships waiting to go through the canal
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The Miraflores Lock of the canal
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The bell tower and some ruins of Old Panama
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A part of the city skyline
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Great pictures!

They really are good. Thanks for posting them.

Thanks. I've got more shots of everything I've already posted, so just let me know if there is anything else you want to see more of!

Bullitt, were you down there for work or vacation?

Nice job.... well done. The flowers are beautiful and camo leaves, too. I hope you got a closer shot of the mural painted on that first bus. The second bus looks like outhouses painted above the windshield.

I was down there for volunteer work with my college. Working with kids and doing the construction. We had a day and a half at the end to walk around in a market and sightsee.
I don't have a closer shot bruce, but here's a larger version with more detail:
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Here's some more flowers
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Whatever is in the mural, it looks evil.
Nice chrome rims on the back and that funky blue wheel on the front... strange.
Good job on the pics, thanks.

Very nice Bullit!

Methinks, Bullitt has an excellent future as a tour guide or travelogue producer for National Geographic/PBS.