December 10, 2009
The Panama Canal 
The Panama Canal is quite spectacular and there is so much I could say about it. It was so interesting to watch the boats coming into the canal being lifted up and lowered back down again. It is something that you have to experience, words cannot describe it. We approached the first set of locks around 6:30 a.m. There are three sets of locks on each side of the lake (Lake Gatun). The first three raised the boat a total of 26 meters, the last three at the far end of the lake lowered it back down to sea level. It took our ship till 4:00 p.m. to clear their way through the Canal. There are about 9,000 employees, and the canal operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The Panama Canal 
The Panama Canal is quite spectacular and there is so much I could say about it. It was so interesting to watch the boats coming into the canal being lifted up and lowered back down again. It is something that you have to experience, words cannot describe it. We approached the first set of locks around 6:30 a.m. There are three sets of locks on each side of the lake (Lake Gatun). The first three raised the boat a total of 26 meters, the last three at the far end of the lake lowered it back down to sea level. It took our ship till 4:00 p.m. to clear their way through the Canal. There are about 9,000 employees, and the canal operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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