Transit of the Panama Canal
Arrival at Balboa usually in the predawn

Follow the big Arrow and keep a sharp lookout


It gets light very rapidly in the tropics

First we enter the Pacific locks


Then it's into Lake Gatun

Spend some time cruising through the jungle


Buffet Lunch served on the closed Promenade.
(sorry no photo I was hungry)
Time to enter the Atlantic locks

And head for Crystobel

(Photos on this page taken in 1972,73 and 76 by Steve, Kevin Almy and Vaughn Walker)