We visited the Panama Canal at Miraflores Locks. We saw several large ships pass through and also visited the museum. We liked the small trains, called 'mules', that are used to guide the ships through. They have built larger locks adjacent to these to take even bigger ships.
We went to Carti by 4x4 truck to meet the bike along a crazy roller coaster tarmac road. We looked forward to riding it on the way back. We spent the morning on board, had a swim and Mr R was checking out the other bikes.
The bikes were off loaded onto a small pier. The boat couldn't get too close because the water was shallow, so they were swung in a bit before being lowered and pulled in. Lots of shouting but they all made it safely!
On the way back to Panama City we rode into a big thunder storm and arrived soaked at customs. Unfortunately, it had closed early, the next day was Sunday and Monday was a government holiday! We were going to stay in the city a bit longer then! We had a new chain and sprocket set sent from the UK (great service from Lings in Harleston) so at least we could get this fitted before we left.
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