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| A Dundas Family Album | profile | all galleries >> Galleries >> Panama Canal Cruise Fall 2009 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
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 Cabo on tour boat.JPG |
 Los Arcos seal closeup2.JPG |
 Cocktail time.JPG |
 Acapulco it's all hotels.JPG |
 Acapulco flooded while we were there.JPG |
 Cliff divers at the historic Hotel Mirador's el Perla Bar.JPG |
 Cliff divers.JPG |
 LaPerla's walls are embellished with famous signatures.JPG |
 Lower left -- Esther Williams, Jose Feliciano |
 Mayan Palace.JPG |
 New cars were parked on two docks near our Acapulco pier.JPG |
 A JaiAlai Venue.JPG |
 Historic fort of Acapulco.JPG |
 Locals waved to us from the Acapulco shore in a spontaneous sendoff.JPG |
 Resting on Huatulco plaza on a shopping outing.JPG |
 The Huatulco port is being developed as a tourist destination.JPG |
 A beautiful Huatulco plaza .JPG |
 We went wading there too.JPG |
 The contrast in Puntarenas CR was sad.JPG |
 Rosalie and Tom Wiggins on the shore at Puntarenas.JPG |
 Famous historic gold altar in Panama City church.JPG |
 Steps at the Panama City fort.JPG |
 Old and new.in one viewJPG |
 The Presidential Palace was really lovely.JPG |
 Hard Rock Panama City for Jim.JPG |
 Chris and Puente de las Americas at daybreak as we head into the Panama Canal.JPG |
 Under the Bridge of the Americas between N and Central/South America.JPG |
 Locomotives called mules guided the ship.JPG |
 What the locks look like. There are 3 sets, each in pairs with 3 parts in each set.JPG |
 Water at both levels in an adjacent lock.JPG |
 Swing bridge at the first l ock.JPG |
 Construction on new locks to be completed in 2014.JPG |
 We passed under the Centennial Bridge near the second set of locks.JPG |
 Tom n RuthAnn Pierick, dinner partners fr Canyon Lk CA - her birthday!.JPG |
 Croc near Gatun Lake in the middle of canal.JPG |
 Here we've crossed the Continental Divide both north.south and east. west!.JPG |
 Water from the mountains fills the rivers and lake Gatun to keep pressure up for raising the level in the locks.JPG |
 This view on our TV of the third lock was straight ahead from the bridgecam, and narrated by the ship's lecturer.JPG |
 Slopes like this allowed the mules to follow rising and falling ships.JPG |
 Loaded ship high in the lock.JPG |
 Same ship at lowest level with mule attached by cables.JPG |
 Van crosses a swing-out bridge at the Gatun locks under a wall of water..JPG |
 Leaving the last lock on the eastern end of the canal.JPG |
 Sailing through the Colon harbor toward the Caribbean.JPG |
 Cartagena fort with our guide.JPG |
 Cartagena fort with our guide.JPG |
 One of many fruitsellers who would pose if you paid.JPG |
 Live statues.JPG |
 Waiter goofing off with Rosalie.JPG |
 The obligatory baked Alaska.JPG |
 Chris touring colorful Cartagena.JPG |
 We were lectured on eras of balcony styles.JPG |
 We were lectured on eras of balcony styles.JPG |
 Nice Library.JPG |
 Chris grimacing in Inquisition Palace.JPG |
 Tourism is very important.JPG |
 Hustling to the Hard Rock where we did get Jims pin.JPG |
 St. Peter Claver shrine.JPG |
 St. Peter Claver interred here now after years of treating lepers and dying with leprosy himself.JPG |
 Dioramas in a marine museum portrayed Cartagena history.JPG |
 Great entertainment during a beer break.JPG |
 A really interesting and beautiful city.JPG |
 Approaching Aruba.JPG |
 Stunning blue water.JPG |
 Oranjestad.JPG |
 Colorful buildings with Dutch architecture.JPG |
 Not for the tight-fisted.JPG |
 From the bus, manicured hedges and divi divi trees.JPG |
 A cactus fence is an effective barrier.JPG |
 Little natural bridge.JPG |
 The original bridge collapsed.JPG |
 Dry and rocky, it looks like the moon.JPG |
 The old gold mine.JPG |
 Suburbs from the hillside.JPG |
 Climbing geodes.JPG |
 Preserved traditional house.JPG |
 Cemetery where they recycle tombs through generations.JPG |
 Aloe factory of course.JPG |
 PA060871Another Hard Rock for Jim in Oranjestad.JPG |
 Then we hit the beach and swam in beautiful azure water.JPG |
 Great place, a few sprinkles.JPG |
 Some things are ubiquitous.JPG |
 Boys enjoying the Bayou Cafe on board.JPG |
 One of several birthday celebrations for RuthAnn.JPG |
 We saw Cuba! JPG |
 Oil rig off the coast of Cuba.JPG |
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