October 18, 2023 - Colon, Panama

 Colon is located on the eastern side of side of the Panama Canale (or is it? Colon is actually west of Panama City but is on the Atlantic Ocean/Caribbean Sea). The Panama Canal is more of a north/south route than east/west. Confused enough?


 Colon is a port, and there is not much to do, so back to the bus in another effort to find a Toucan. Today's tours had us drive by what I thought was an abandoned old warehouse with barbed wire all around it.


Turns out this is a working prison; this building should be enough incentive to stay on the right side of the law.

A half-hour later, we arrived at Gatun Lake, where we boarded a boat and set sail in search of wildlife.  Once again, the Toucan eluded us, but we did find a sloth on the move. They are very slow, which makes the next video very long, so maybe grab a coffee before watching it.


The sloth turned out to be the highlight of the day and with that done, back to the ship. Tomorrow we sail through the Panama Canal.


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