10-Day Panama Trip

Bullitt · 05-16-2007, 03:28 AM

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:

Aliantha · 05-16-2007, 04:56 AM

Such beautiful colours.

I'll look forward to more pics soon.

Cloud · 05-16-2007, 08:56 AM

wow, that came out great! lucky you!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-16-2007, 11:27 AM

That connects North and South America?

Bullitt · 05-17-2007, 03:57 PM

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

Public transportation

Every building was fenced or walled and topped with barbed wire

Local kids at school

Building a large shelter that will house a twice a week feeding program for impoverished local kids

Stray dogs were everywhere

Ships waiting to go through the canal

Bullitt · 05-17-2007, 03:58 PM

The Miraflores Lock of the canal

The bell tower and some ruins of Old Panama

A part of the city skyline

Shawnee123 · 05-17-2007, 04:05 PM

Great pictures!

glatt · 05-17-2007, 04:13 PM

They really are good. Thanks for posting them.

Bullitt · 05-17-2007, 06:02 PM

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!

HungLikeJesus · 05-17-2007, 07:06 PM

Bullitt, were you down there for work or vacation?

xoxoxoBruce · 05-17-2007, 07:22 PM

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.

Bullitt · 05-17-2007, 10:05 PM

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:

Here's some more flowers

xoxoxoBruce · 05-17-2007, 11:38 PM

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.

Griff · 05-18-2007, 06:27 AM

Very nice Bullit!

xoxoxoBruce · 05-18-2007, 12:45 PM

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

05-16-2007, 03:28 AM	#1
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	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: __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

05-16-2007, 04:56 AM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Such beautiful colours. I'll look forward to more pics soon. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

05-16-2007, 08:56 AM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	wow, that came out great! lucky you! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-16-2007, 11:27 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That connects North and South America? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-17-2007, 03:57 PM	#5
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	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 Public transportation Every building was fenced or walled and topped with barbed wire Local kids at school Building a large shelter that will house a twice a week feeding program for impoverished local kids Stray dogs were everywhere Ships waiting to go through the canal __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

05-17-2007, 03:58 PM	#6
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	The Miraflores Lock of the canal The bell tower and some ruins of Old Panama A part of the city skyline __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

05-17-2007, 04:05 PM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Great pictures! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-17-2007, 04:13 PM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	They really are good. Thanks for posting them.

05-17-2007, 06:02 PM	#9
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	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! __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass.

05-17-2007, 07:06 PM	#10
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Bullitt, were you down there for work or vacation? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

05-17-2007, 07:22 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	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. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-17-2007, 10:05 PM	#12
Bullitt This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH Posts: 2,324	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: Here's some more flowers __________________ Kiss my white Irish ass. Last edited by Bullitt; 05-17-2007 at 10:21 PM.

05-17-2007, 11:38 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	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. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-18-2007, 06:27 AM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Very nice Bullit! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-18-2007, 12:45 PM	#15
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Methinks, Bullitt has an excellent future as a tour guide or travelogue producer for National Geographic/PBS. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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