Shelter Bay, More Pics

So I'll be here in Shelter Bay until at least Thursday. Then I'll be off to Portobelo, the San Blas islands, Cayman Brac then Isla Mujeres off of Cancun. In Isla Mujeres I'll pick up my father for the last leg of the journey to Freeport, TX! If all goes to plan, we will be in Texas by May 28th or so, which is coincidentally my birthday. Here are some more pictures from Panama:

The only part of the Panama Canal Museum that could be photographed is this reflecting box from the original lighthouse in Panama City. It was hard to figure out any more than that because all the placards were in Spanish and despite being in Spanish speaking countries for 3 months, I don't have quite the ability to read historical footnotes. My mom however was doing quite well, or at least leading us to believe so.

The Presidential Palace in Casco Viejo. Mostly we found out this was the place to avoid at 3:30 pm because that's when every single government employee gets out, clogging the small streets of Casco Viejo for 20 minutes. Then it's back to being quiet again.

The cabin was meticously cleaned by Thomas Toan and my mom. This is literally the best it looked since I left San Pedro.  Also, while they were cleaning the inside, my dad and I were cutting our hands and wrists, not in attempted suicide, but from cleaning the inches of barnacles off the bottom of the boat. Two and a half hours later, the whole boat looked perfect and ready to go through the canal!

My dad enjoying the sun, with Lake Gatun in the background.

While wandering around Panama City saturday, Thomas and I found a high school that was opened on the weekend. The guard was very nice and let us in to look around. There was a huge auditorium that looked like something from a British prep school, but the actual classrooms were very much like the US.

Everyone loves James Dean

Taken on the train ride from Panama City to Colon. Beautiful scenary and I saw three howler monkeys and  a toucan. Plus it was pretty cool to see the places that we were motoring through a few days prior.