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Travel and San Diego | First Day at sea, exploring the ship | Second day at sea | Puerto Vallarta | Sea Day, March 4 | Huatulco, Mexico | Puerto Chiapas, March 6 | Queztal, Guatemala, March 7 | Sea Day, March 8 | Fuerte Amador, Harbor to Panama City and the Panama Canal | Through the Panama Canal, March 10 | Cartagena, Columbia, March 11 | Heading Home, March 13 and 14

Through the Panama Canal, March 10

Canal Transit start, Moon set over Fuerte Amador
Canal Transit start, Moon set over Fuerte Amador		 Ship and people are stirring
Ship and people are stirring		 Leaving the harbor
Leaving the harbor		 Bright ship
Bright ship		 Others heading to the canal
Others heading to the canal
Dawn's almost here
Dawn's almost here		 Canal Entrance lights
Canal Entrance lights		 Closer
Closer		 Panama City isn't awake yet
Panama City isn't awake yet		 Calm water before dawn
Calm water before dawn
There's the sun
There's the sun		 Shinning on the city
Shinning on the city		 Looks like it will be a hot day
Looks like it will be a hot day		 Bridge of the Americas
Bridge of the Americas		 One, November, Tango and we respect Panama ?
One, November, Tango and we respect Panama ?
Tugs to help
Tugs to help		 Hazy morning
Hazy morning		 Miraflores Locks entrance
Miraflores Locks entrance		 Place for bumper boats?
Place for bumper boats?		 Looks like the Deneb will be next to us in the locks
Looks like the Deneb will be next to us in the locks
Grab the lines from the ship
Grab the lines from the ship		 Hook them to the mules
Hook them to the "mules"		 We start
We start		 Deneb is ahead
Deneb is ahead		 Into the first lock
Into the first lock
Gates close pretty
Gates close pretty		 quickly
quickly		 Busy with lots of machinery
Busy with lots of machinery		 We're watching you
We're watching you		 We're watching you
We're watching you
Long ......
Long ......		 ....Ship
....Ship		 Amazing what a few gallons of water ....
Amazing what a few gallons of water ....		 and 10 minutes can do ........
and 10 minutes can do ........		 Let's do that .............
Let's do that .............
.......Again
.......Again		 Ships go in and out of the locks under their own power
Ships go in and out of the locks under their own power		 Long way down now
Long way down now		 Different canal transit
Different canal transit		 We didn't ask the ship to stop so we could see the visitor's center
We didn't ask the ship to stop so we could see the visitor's center
View aft
View aft		 Lowering the water
Lowering the water		 And raising it
And raising it		 Looking ahead
Looking ahead		 No room for error
No room for error
Almost finished
Almost finished		 Clear view behind
Clear view behind		 View ahead
View ahead		 End of the locks
End of the locks		 Centennial Bridge
Centennial Bridge
Plenty of clearance
Plenty of clearance		 We start through the Gaillard Cut
We start through the Gaillard Cut		 Also known as the Culebra Cut
Also known as the Culebra Cut		 Miraflores Lake
Miraflores Lake		 Deneb is in the Pedro Miguel lock
Deneb is in the Pedro Miguel lock
With double gates
With double gates		 The end is near
The end is near		 There it is
There it is		 Goodbye Pacific locks
Goodbye Pacific locks		 We enter Gatun Lake
We enter Gatun Lake
Easy watching from the Crow's Nest
Easy watching from the Crow's Nest		 Waiting to enter the Gatun Locks
Waiting to enter the Gatun Locks		 Tug comes to help us ....
Tug comes to help us ....		 To enter the lock chanel
To enter the lock chanel		 They have the lines from the ship
They have the lines from the ship
Hooking them to the mules
Hooking them to the mules		 And we head in
And we head in		 Looking ahead
Looking ahead		 And to the side
And to the side		 More bumper boats
More bumper boats
The Deneb comes ..........
The Deneb comes ..........		 To join us
To join us		 Nice view
Nice view		 Not an accessible route
Not an accessible route		 Tight fit
Tight fit
Real tight
Real tight		 That's when it was built
That's when it was built		 View ahead again
View ahead again		 Water level change
Water level change		 Big change
Big change
Almost to the next lock
Almost to the next lock		 Not like a roller coaster
Not like a roller coaster		 Though pretty steep
Though pretty steep		 Way to watch the transit
Way to watch the transit		 We're almost ....
We're almost ....
Almost ....
Almost ....		 At the .............
At the .............		 End
End		 Channel to Limón Bay
Channel to Limón Bay		 Lighthouse
Lighthouse
The channel is pretty
The channel is pretty		 and wide
and wide		 Goodbye pilot boat
Goodbye pilot boat		 We head to sea
We head to sea		 Next stop Cartagena, Columbia
Next stop Cartagena, Columbia

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