Aberdeen Airport
26. toukokuuta 2018, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 9 °CStart of this year's adventure.
Start of this year's adventure.
Short stopover
After a very long flight it was great to be able to walk about a bit. The journey from the airport to Casco Viejo took about half an hour, and went through the new part of the city, a huge amount ofLue lisää
A trip to the visitor centre here, which is superb, showing the history of the Panamá Canal.
There's viewing platforms to watch the ships transiting the locks on the Pacific side. These ships areLue lisää
On the island of Naos is the Smithsonian research centre of Punta Culebra.
They have exhibits of some very rare tree frog's, mostly poisonous, which have been decimated by diseases caused byLue lisää
The Amador causeway was built partly to create a breakwater at the entrance of the canal, and to link to the islands of Naos, Perico and Flamenco. With the material to produce it coming from the canalLue lisää
A trip through the old city during daylight, a lot of church's in a very small area.
Arrival in Lima, and I had to go find my checked-in luggage, as it had continued on from Panamá City the previous day.
An interesting drive along this extremely bumpy road. Coming across workers in the fields, goat herds blocking the road, and a Toyota Hilux upside-down in the front area of a farmers house, afterLue lisää