South America
Ride 2006/2007
January 5
Today was a leisure day to find out about Cargo shipment
and dismantle the windshield and mirrors in order to prepare for shipment.
They received our bikes although they won't be shipped out until tonight
around 3 am. There wasn't anything available to Quito until next week
and Bogata is the only thing available to ship out immediately. Once we
had the bikes prepped for the trip, we took a taxi back to the canal to
get a better look. They also showed us a brief video (in english) on the
history and statistics of the canal. We're
presently waiting to board Copa airlines to make our trip over.
From the balcony of our hotel room
Contrast again (reality)
Our Cargo company
Dick is getting instructions
Kary could speak good English and was
wonderful to work with
The process has begun
All we had to do was remove the windscreen
and mirrors
I've been stamped
Military base next to the canal
One lane road behind the canal
Spillway from the canal
Video of the canal history and stats
Can you tell there are two boats in front
of this ship?
Here's the first one. It cost him $1600
to pass
Here's the second one, it cost him $600
to pass. He get's the less-than-100 foot discount
This one cost $20,000 to pass
The little choo-choo's are tugging away
The average cost per boat is $67,000 for
passing through, so you can tell how small this ship is.
They've had one ship cost over $200,000
to pass
The new Panama City
The old Panama City