Earlier this year I was super fortunate to visit Panama and a place I had long wanted to see, the Panama Canal. It began with a trip to the Panama Canal Railway Station, where the train was waiting to take me across to the Atlantic side of the country and canal near Colon. However, waiting it was – for the weekend in the end!

So I (actually we, Graham was travelling with me) took the bus to Colon and then taxi to the locks on the Atlantic side, known as Agua Clara.

Here we watched the massive Evergreen container ship passing through the locks to continue down the canal, under the Atlantic Bridge where I presume it entered the Atlantic Ocean.

Then it was time to go to Pacific side, just outside Panama City to the Miraflores lock, again by bus!

Here there is a viewing platform too, and a Korean ship was passing through in the opposite direction to the Pacific Ocean through the Miraflores Locks.

A special day learning about this incredible piece of engineering! Thanks for popping by, May the Journey Never End!