Currently 2145 central time on the ship and our location...
Latitude: 7 degrees 19.25' N
Longitude: 80 degrees 3.67' W
Course: 65 degrees
We will be transiting the Panama Canal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal tomorrow morning and we recently got the schedule for the transit which I will share with you so that you can watch online if you'd like to. John and I plan to be on the deck somewhere, but so will about 800 other people, so not guaranteeing you will be able to see us! As you may know, the locks actually fill with water and raise the ship to move it along the canal to artificial lakes, then another series of locks lower the ship again so that it enters the ocean on the other side at sea level. As one of our professors on board said today, it will be like being on a water bridge that takes us overland.
All times are Central Daylight Time in the schedule below. The following website will allow you to see the ship's passage on the internet http://www.pancanal.com/eng/photo/camera-java.html
9:10am - 10:00am: Transit Miraflores Locks
10:50am - 11:30am: Transit Pedro Miguel Locks
12:45pm: Pass by Gamboa
2:45pm - 5:05pm: Transit Gatun Lock
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