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!

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!

Aliantha · 05-19-2007, 05:02 AM

I love those hibiscus flowers. They just look brilliant.

Do you ever enter any comps with your pics Bullitt?

The pics of the locks are incredible too. I can't quite describe why I think they're so amazing. I think mostly the subject. I've never seen anything like that in real life and I guess because it's kind of like seeing it through your eyes which are real as in a real person that I sort of, in a way know, it becomes more real.

Thanks for sharing this. I really appreciate it.

DucksNuts · 05-19-2007, 06:03 AM

Bullit - they are fantastic pics!!

Do you mind if I put the black and white one of the dirt steps as my background?

I love that one and the one of the stray dogs!!

I think the switch would be great for you, seems to be right up your alley.

Bullitt · 05-19-2007, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DucksNuts

Bullit - they are fantastic pics!!

Do you mind if I put the black and white one of the dirt steps as my background?

I love that one and the one of the stray dogs!!

I think the switch would be great for you, seems to be right up your alley.

Thanks! And I don't mind at all, here's a larger version if you'd like.
I really would love to make the switch, I just need to look into the details and figure out a thing or two.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I love those hibiscus flowers. They just look brilliant.

Do you ever enter any comps with your pics Bullitt?

The pics of the locks are incredible too. I can't quite describe why I think they're so amazing. I think mostly the subject. I've never seen anything like that in real life and I guess because it's kind of like seeing it through your eyes which are real as in a real person that I sort of, in a way know, it becomes more real.

Thanks for sharing this. I really appreciate it.

Yeah the hibiscus flowers were everywhere and always such cooperative subjects!
The lock basically was incredible. It's mind boggling how much water is used and the sheer size of everything involved. They don't even use water pumps, it's all gravity and valves and culverts that you can fit a train into.
I've never really entered any contests, only submitted work to my schools creative arts publication.. I got the cover last year

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, 07:06 PM	#8
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	#9
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	#10
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	#11
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	#12
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

05-19-2007, 05:02 AM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I love those hibiscus flowers. They just look brilliant. Do you ever enter any comps with your pics Bullitt? The pics of the locks are incredible too. I can't quite describe why I think they're so amazing. I think mostly the subject. I've never seen anything like that in real life and I guess because it's kind of like seeing it through your eyes which are real as in a real person that I sort of, in a way know, it becomes more real. Thanks for sharing this. I really appreciate it. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

05-19-2007, 06:03 AM	#14
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Bullit - they are fantastic pics!! Do you mind if I put the black and white one of the dirt steps as my background? I love that one and the one of the stray dogs!! I think the switch would be great for you, seems to be right up your alley.

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