Panama City day 2: Panama Viejo and Miraflores Locks
Our second day in Panama City, we got a cab to take us to Panama Viejo,
the original site of Panama City. This was also destroyed by Captain Morgan
in 1671. Modern Panama City was rebuilt in a different (and more defensible)
spot.
cathedral tower at the original site of Panama City
looking out from the top of the tower
Evan wanted to go already
looking toward modern Panama City
looking toward the main part of the town
history of the cathedral: built in 1524 and destroyed in 1671
running through the ruins
the other side has been restored a lot more
old and new Panama City
model of Panama Viejo in the museum
From Panama Viejo, our cab took us through lots of traffic across Panama
City and north to Miraflores Locks. This set of locks has a very nice
4 story visitor center with exhibits on how the canal was built and how it
works. We watched from the 4th floor observation deck as a couple of big
cargo ships got lowered in the locks.
one of the brightly colored Panama City buses
Evan at the Miraflores Locks visitor center
looking east toward the San Miguel Locks
inside a culvert model at the visitor center
Evan at the traffic control model
the ship simulator showed a speeded up canal transit
watching a ship transit the Miraflores Locks
