Saturday, December 05, 2009

Day 6, Island Princess Cruise
December 2009

Panama Canal


Panama's Flag



Mules at work



Entering Gatun Lake



Gatun Locks Observation Building



Lock full



Lock empty #1



Lock empty #2


Distance Sailed
Fort Lauderdale to Aruba
1104 nautical miles = 1270 statute miles = 1822 kilometers

Aruba to Cartagena
374 nautical miles = 430 statute miles = 617 kilometers

Cartagena to Panama
279 nautical miles = 321 statute miles = 460 kilometers

Total distance so far
1757 nautical miles = 2021 statute miles = 2899 kilometers

NOTE: 1 nautical mile = 1.15 land miles = 1.85 kilometers

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