Showing posts with label Miaflores Locks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miaflores Locks. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Sightseeing near Panama City, Panama


After my adventure with the Panamanian police earlier today, I drove out of the city a bit to the Miafiore locks on the Panama Canal. It was fascinating to watch a ship drop as the locks opened and allowed the water to escape. I had seen the process before, in the Welland Canal locks, near Port Colborne, Ontario, but this was on a much grander scale.

I was part of a substantial crowd watching the process from the fourth floor observation deck of the visitors centre. As we watched, a television cameraman and a female reporter arrived to tape a segment for some TV show. Suddenly, the men on the observation deck were unaware of what was happening in the locks below.

I wonder what kind of show the reporter works for.