The last 3 days flew by. Day 11 was just walking around and going through the gates. We reach the Panama Canal. We waited to get into the locks. We started going through the locks around 8 am and reached the other side by 5 pm.
The water dropped in about 5 to 10 mins. Went a lot faster than I expected. The tugboat were with us the whole way.
I took a video of the gate closing on the last lock. It was fun to watch.
The next day - yesterday - we were in Columbia. Do not recommend going there!! Too many people in my face to sell me stuff. Our tour was all walking and shopping, not what we signed up for. I don't recommend Columbia. Dirty and smelly as well as being harassed. One of our guys was lost for awhile. He showed up at the boat. He found an oriental who was crying. She lost her husband and didn't know what ship she was on or where she was. Hevtook her to a tour guide to help her.
Today we played in the casino. I won $970 which we have been playing on most of the day. We still have half that. I have been beading every chance I get. Need to finish my ornaments.
I finished the blue Santa and started the second one today. I hope to get one more done. It's keeping me busy. The water was rough yesterday and today so dramamine is working for me. Didn't do good last night but today is better. At least I can play games and be Happy Stitching/Happy Quilting !!
2 comments:
I took this trip in February, just in reverse. We weren't allowed in Columbia. Now, I think I'm glad about it. Thank you for sharing your adventures!
I enjoyed seeing what Columbia was about, but I didn't care for getting "attacked" with selling stuff. Our guide didn't help because he's from there. He knew them all too. He told us not to buy anything from them, but when 20 people come at you it's not fun.
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