58. Preparing for the Panama Canal Crossing

Preparing for the Panama Canal Crossing               80F (26C)

Map of the Canal Route

Humberto seems to be the man for the job here. His knowledge of the Panama Canal is called upon. The destination lecture this morning was packed, everybody wanted to

An Earth Slide in 1913 Caused Much Damage and Loss of Life

learn what this canal is all about. How it began, when it was started, why it took so long to dig it, etc. Humberto was informative but by now I know Humberto is not too exciting to listen to.

The Men On the Scaffolding Give a Size Perspective

At the end of his presentation, we watched some of the footage that the few people who went through the ship’s excursion program to Machu Picchu brought back. Machu Picchu was a totally separate arrangement made through the ship and was very expensive. It was not part of our booked trip. The pictures shown right after the destination lecture were good shots but reminded me a little of an advertisement.

Then we had another lecture given by Humberto about Cartagena, Colombia, one of our upcoming stops on this voyage.

Now a report about Carol:

She has now studied, almost daily, her gemology at Effy’s. Today Effy had a test. Spread out under glass were 5 “emeralds”, could you find the ‘fake’ emerald? I went and studied the 5 stones, knowing one was not real….

 

Ah…It’s not that easy…the fakes are really sophisticated………. we both failed to identify the imitation. Back to school, Carol!

No theater tonight, we ate alone, no company.