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| Panama
Canal - The path between the seas |
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Opened in August 1914,
The Panama Canal remains today one the world’s most
amazing feats of modern engineering, and was the most elaborate
construction effort ever mounted at the time. It was also
a profoundly important historic event and a sweeping human
drama, that held the world’s attention over a span of
forty years. The building of the canal affected the lives
of tens of thousands of people from virtually every race and
nationality, where great reputations were made, nations were
rocked to their foundations, whole countries lost possessions,
and the United States embarked on a role of global involvement.
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The modern Panama Canal varies little
from the original masterpiece, with 3 major sets of locks –
Gatun Locks, Pedro Miguel Locks and Miraflores Locks. With the
infamous Gaillard Cut, and the newly formed Gatun Lake, this
50 mile ditch is the most famous passage from one ocean to another
in the World.
Whether you sail East or West through the Canal, most cruise
lines offer you the same ports that you would see on a Mexican
Riviera cruise, or a Western or Southern Caribbean cruise, basically
offering you 4 cruises wrapped up into 1. St. Thomas, Cozumel,
Curacao, St Maarten, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Roatan, Aruba, Costa
Rica, Belize, San Blas Islands, and Acapulco are some of the
beautiful places you can visit on a Panama Canal cruise.
Most premium and luxury cruise lines offer some sort of Panama
Canal itinerary, which are especially popular in April when
the cruise lines move their ships from the Caribbean to Alaska,
and again in October when ships return to the Caribbean. Cruises
range from 7 to 10 days to some very attractively priced 21
day repositioning cruises from Vancouver to Florida.
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