PANAMA- TRANSITING CANAL BY SMALL BOAT

18 January 2007 Thursday

Before leaving our hotel, I asked a young lady at the desk if I could have a paper clip. "No say" Asked the concierge- same response but puzzled look- drew a crude diagram- "Ahhh- Kleep" The big bus (large enough to handle all 56 at once didn't show up so we had to shuttle to the dock in a small lagoon that was protected by a shark net in the old US Navy days but now is just a small marina where our 1920 vintage wooden ship (alledged to be property of Al Capone in his rum- running days) was docked.