Bon Voyage Bazzaw

[Kiwi Kruzer]

under the bridge and past the expansion work ,just on 8am NZ time......

 

 

 

looks like they are arriving at last 2 sets of locks

 

 

[Bella cruiser]

Thanks Sandy & David for posting these great pictures, it would be a wonderful experience transiting the canal.:)

 

I hope Barry is enjoying himself it must be a pleasant change to be in calm seas after their rough Atlantic crossing.

 

Jenny

[Kiwi Kruzer]

If anyone is watching live , they are just approaching the last set of locks at Miraflores.

[Sandielle]

Oh great David, I was hoping you or Kiwi_cruiser would get those. :)

[Kiwi Kruzer]

We might see Barry on the deck....:D:D

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Arcadia is lining up for the lock which is full and waiting for them

 

[Sandielle]

We might see Barry on the deck....:D:D

 

Yes, I reckon he's bound to there 'supervising' procedures. ;)

[Kiwi Kruzer]

 

 

 

[Sandielle]

David, why can't my computer save these photos like I could on the Gatun photos? :confused: (I had to do it with my Snap programme.)

 

This Miraflores HD cam is marvellous. You could almost touch those people watching. Wonder how much they charge them for the privilege???)

[Sandielle]

Aha! I can save the lo-res to my computer, but not the hi-res!!:confused:

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

David, why can't my computer save these photos like I could on the Gatun photos? :confused: (I had to do it with my Snap programme.)

 

This Miraflores HD cam is marvellous. You could almost touch those people watching. Wonder how much they charge them for the privilege???)

 

There are several tours that you can now do at the Panama Canal Sandi.

If you check out some of the HAL or Celebrity canal cruises, they offer shore tours. You can go to that building which also houses a museum , I think, you can cross the Centennial Bridge, you can take the rail alongside the canal, and I have even seen one tour where you can sail through the locks in a small boat.

I still havent worked out if these tours are for ships that stop , or whether passengers tender ashore and then back again to rejoin the ship.

Perhaps someone who has been through the canal recently could comment?

[Sandielle]

There they go!

 

 

 

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Aha! I can save the lo-res to my computer, but not the hi-res!!:confused:

 

 

Good one Sandi....

That banner you can see on one of the balconies ,

is someone from Phils SeaCruise site....

that specialises on the Panama Canal.

You can just read SeaCruise.

[Sandielle]

Good one Sandi....

That banner you can see on one of the balconies ,

is someone from Phils SeaCruise site....

that specialises on the Panama Canal.

You can just read SeaCruise.

 

That was a lucky shot. The camera direction changed a little after that one.

 

Well, I'd better get on with my day! :)

[lizzy77]

Fantastic pics David. Thankyou.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Its always fun following a ship through the canal.

In this case I think the thanks go to Sandi, and I think her DH, for sitting up late at night to get those great shots.

[Aus Traveller]

They were very interesting. Thank you for going to the trouble to do this. :)

 

Barry will be very interested to see these when he gets home. He might even be able to see himself (and Christine) in the pics :D because he will know where they were standing.

[Kiwi_cruiser]

Kiwi_cruiser usually does it, but as NZ is 3 hrs ahead of us, he may have gone to bed.

 

Yep, I was in bed! when you posted those shots!

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Yatchet, I will if I can stay up long enough. Kiwi_cruiser usually does it, but as NZ is 3 hrs ahead of us, he may have gone to bed.

 

NZ is only 2 hours ahead of Australia Sandi..:)

[yatchet]

Its always fun following a ship through the canal.

In this case I think the thanks go to Sandi, and I think her DH, for sitting up late at night to get those great shots.

Yeah, thanks again Sandi.:)

Hope you got some sleep, lol.

[Australian family]

Aha! I can save the lo-res to my computer, but not the hi-res!!:confused:

 

 

Thats a great shot Sandy.

 

All the other photos captured by everyone have been fantastic.:):):)

[Guest012]

NZ is only 2 hours ahead of Australia Sandi..:)

 

Sandi's right 3 hrs ahead of Queensland.... ;)

Great captures Barry and Christine will love them...

[Sandielle]

Barry has updated his blog and posted a couple of photos from the ship. :)

 

http://ukagain2010.blogspot.com/

[Aus Traveller]

We received an email from Barry. He said he was able to look at his blog and noticed that Sandy has posted a comment that they watched the Arcadia go through the Panama. He asked me to put a post on the forum on his behalf, but it probably simplest if I just post part of his email.

 

This is his email -

I managed to have a look at my own blog on the WWW yesterday - and saw that Sandy had placed a comment on it saying that she was watching Arcadia going through Panama. Haven't seen CC. Could you kindly place a post there on my behalf and thank everybody for their interest.

 

We have some longish periods of sea-days ahead of us now - 2 to Acapulco, 3 then to San Francisco, 4 to Hawaii, 4 to Pago Pago. We still have 4 weeks to go before we arrive home - it seems like we have been away for a million years!! Can barely remember the early parts of the Oriana cruise - just as well we have taken many photos and snippets of video. Have found it very difficult to get good photos - there is never any time to compose a good photo on the shore tours, everything is always done on the run! The ship is so large and Panama Canal workings yesterday so large that it was difficult to photograph - could only get small bits of it all.

 

Will need a long REST when we get home. Oh , I forgot - we have to go on QM2 only a week after we return. After that, I will definitely need a long rest!!

 

Regards,

Barry.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

Many thanks for posting the update.

Great to hear you are in touch with Barry.