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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-07 08:43:00

May 30, 2010

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-07 08:40:00

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-07 06:29:00

May 30, 2010We spent the morning preparing ADVENTURE for the trip though the canal. We changed the oil and filters on the main and check the other fluids and vitals in the engine room. With this out of the way, we spent the rest of our time lounging a…

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-07 04:16:00

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-06 06:51:00

May 28, 2010Dracula made plans to take us on a taxi sightseeing tour of Panama. Our first stop was the Colon Free trade zone (C.F.Z.) The C.F.Z. is a gigantic entity at the Atlantic gateway to the Panama Canal. It is dedicated to re-export an enormous …

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-06 05:20:00

We arrived at the Atlantic side breakwater entrance took a hard right and made way for Sunset Bay Marina. The marina is very nice. Service on the other hand is extremely slow, almost nonexistent.

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-06-06 05:06:00

Approaching the canal can be a little intimidating when one looks at the number and size of the ships awaiting passage.

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-05-28 04:57:00

We made it to the Panama Canal. Looks like our passage will be Saturday.Here is the Web Cam Address. I will try to give more definite time when we know morehttp://www.acp.gob.pa/eng/photo/camera-java.html?cam=CerroLuisa

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Adventure N-62 Hull 22 2010-05-23 06:15:00

Yesterday we went by taxi to the Reo Grande River in the mountains of Jamaica for a rafting ride.The rafts are made from lashing 20’ bamboo pole together with wire. They were originally used to transport bananas from the interior mountains to the mo…

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Port Antonio

It has rained hard here this morning which is a good thing as we do not have sufficient water to wash the boat. So a good rinsing from the man upstairs was a blessing to remove all of the salt built up from our crossing.Port Antonio is hosting the Roun…