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100 YEARS PANAMA CANAL	5 AM: HALLO PANAMA - WAITING TO ENTER THE CANAL ALL IS WELL AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO WAIT LONG. SOMETIMES SHIPS HAVE TO WAIT UP TO SEVERAL DAYS TO ENTER (WHEN SOMETHING HAS GONE WRONG) THEN THE QUEUE IS DETERMINED BY HOW MUCH THE OWNERS ARE WILLING TO PAY -	TWO LANES - TWO CONTAINERSHIPS BARELY FITTING IN - E.G., PANAMAX! WHEN THE NEW CANAL OPENS - 2016 - MAYBE - "SUPERPANAMAX" SHIPS (ABOUT 2/3RDS LARGER) CAN CROSS - SOME OF THE NEW MONSTER CRUISE SHIPS ARE IN THAT CATEGORY - BOGGLES THE MIND!
APPROACHING GATUN LOCKS	GATES CLOSING	2ND SET OF LOCKS CLOSING
ONE OF THE 'HERDING DOGS'	WE ARE IN, CONTAINERSHIP IS WAITING TO ENTER LOCKS	IN GATUN LAKE - MANY "DOGS" AND ZUIDERDAM BEHIND
WE ARE IN, NEXT TO US THE ZUIDERDAM - "MULIS" ON THE QUAI	CONTAINER BEING HERDED INTO LOCKS	THE ZUIDERDAM AND HER "MULI'

VIEW OF QUAI, TAILEND OF ZUIDERDAM AND TWO 'MULIS': BETWEEN 6 AND 8 OF THESE LITTLE TRAIN ENGINES HAUL EACH SHIP THROUGH THE CANAL. SEVERAL PILOTS ARE ON THE BOAT AND COMMUNICATE WITH THE MULIS VIA ONE-WAY RADIO. MULI DRIVER ACKNOWLEDGES WITH TOOT AND CARRIES OUT ORDERS. DOES NOT GET TO TALK BACK!	5 PM: ADIOS CANAL, HALLO PACIFIC: CROSSING THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA VIA CANALS AND GATUN LAKE TAKES 12 HOURS - ASSUMING ALL GOES WELL.	BRIDGE OF THE AMERICAS AND ZUIDERDAM - SHE WILL TURN AROUND AND RETURN TO MIAMI, WE GO ON TO SAN FRANCISCO!

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