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Posted 4 April 2012 at 08:13 in
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After breakfast we enjoy a free morning at the InterContinental Playa Bonita Resort. Rooms have been extended until 1pm, and we check out and enjoy some light lunch refreshments before joining our private coach transport for the airport transfer. Richard and Dawn have […]
Posted 3 April 2012 at 08:36 in
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Our last full day in Panama so a good time to enjoy the gardens, swimming pools and private beach at the InterContinental Playa Bonita Resort. Around lunch time the heavens open and the rainy season appears to start! The heavy rain is quite exciting for a while but […]
Posted 2 April 2012 at 08:12 in
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It's Monday and, strangely, it's a free day! This is unusual territory for a Furlongs tour so the best way to start is with a late breakfast. If you can make breakfast last from 6am to 10.30am, it's then a decision whether to head for the beach or the swimming pools. There […]
Posted 2 April 2012 at 08:10 in
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Sunday 1st April 2012 today! After breakfast we rejoin our coaches and head for the Miraflores Lock Visitor Centre. The idea is to arrive for opening time, 9am, as we've heard some big ships will be transiting the locks. It seems quite busy when we arrive but we've arranged […]
Posted 31 March 2012 at 08:07 in
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Sadly it's time to disembark the National Geographic Sea Lion this morning. Luggage is loaded onto our private coaches, picnic lunches are counted, and we say our goodbyes. Richard is one short on his coach only to discover Dawn is hiding a guest as a trick! This is […]
Posted 30 March 2012 at 16:48 in
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We wake up next door to Barro Colorado, a lush island created when the Chagres River was dammed during the construction of the Panama Canal. Back then the Gatun Lake as it is now known, was the largest man made lake in the world. Barro Colorado Island (BCI) was formed when […]
Posted 30 March 2012 at 08:06 in
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Visit www.pancanal.com and choose live cameras and Gatun Locks to see our transit through to the Atlantic. We're the small ship behind a huge car carrier!
Posted 29 March 2012 at 08:03 in
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Having sailed overnight from Coiba we find ourselves in the Gulf of Panama early this morning. The nutrient-rich waters here attract huge numbers of sea birds which nest on the nearby islands of Bona, Otoque and Estiva. We set out by zodiac to explore, and we see Brown […]
Posted 28 March 2012 at 08:02 in
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We arrived in Panama this morning. And more wonderful news ... there is no early morning call! First stop is Coiba National Park, the third largest marine park in the world, only the Great Barrier Reef and the Galapagos are bigger. After breakfast we visit a small, […]
Posted 27 March 2012 at 08:00 in
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Leaving Drake's Bay we sail into the lee side of the Osa Peninsula and the beautiful Golfo Dulce. This is one of the deepest gulfs of it's size in the world and it's famous for thick primary forest. After breakfast we visit Casa Orquideas, a tropical botanical garden […]
