The Panama Canal is a real engineering feat. Three gates on the Pacific side of the country and three on the Atlantic side with a giant man-made lake in between 26 m above sea level. This photo was taken at the Miraflores Locks, which are just outside of Panama City. As you can see, there are two lanes for the ships to use. A third one is being built, which will allow much larger vessels to pass through. It should be ready in time for the canal's centenary in 2014.
Casco Antiguo is the colonial part of the city, and is full of beautifully restored buildings. There are lots of tourists there as you can imagine.
From Casco Antiguo, you can see the city centre which is full of sky-scrapers. The canal has made Panama a much wealthier country than its neighbours. The new lane will make it even richer. They are in the process of building a Metro under the city at the moment because the traffic is terrible! I am about to jump in a cab to the airport to fly to Havana for a couple of weeks.
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