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Written by Matt Landau
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Friday, February 02 2007 |
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I made the decision to call Panama Yahoo home, first and foremost, because it had a canal. I spent the last months before my flight envisioning every facet of my life as it would revolve around the famed waterway. I visualized meeting friends at the canal, eating meals alongside the canal, perhaps even jumping in the canal for afternoon dips. But what I realized though, very quickly into my time here was that the so-called world famous Panama canal was just that—a canal. It wasn't a mall, it wasn't a resort, it wasn't an amusement park. And for this, I felt deeply misled.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, August 18 2006 |
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Throughout the history of the world, man has strived to complete tasks in the fastest possible way and travel is no different. Think of the ever elusive Northwest Passage to Asia or the Silk Road to China. But these routes pail in comparison to the best shortcut in the world: the Panama Canal. It saves 18,000 miles of trans-oceanic travel for San Francisco bound freighters from New York and is hands down one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. But the history of this canal has been a bumpy one frought with many deaths, triumphs, and power struggles. The story all starts when a former pig salesman from Spain named Vasco Nunuz Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean from the Darien and claimed all of the adjacent land for Spain.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Ruth Pinkerton
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Tuesday, February 14 2006 |
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I was born at Coco Solo Hospital and lived the entire 19 years I was there in Margarita, next to Rainbow City and Colon. I am blessed for being raised there and sure wish I could have offered the same to my children. My father was raised in old Cristobal, which was located along the water by Colon. His father, Cpt George K. Hudgins, Sr., was a pilot that transferred from the Great Lakes in 1930 to navigate the canal.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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