On December 12 the Norwegian Wind became the first Norwegian Cruise Line ship to call at the Port of Cristobal. The 1,750 passengers and 650 crew members stopped at Pier 6 for a ten-hour visit. Photo courtesy of Panama Ports Company, a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa

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On December 8 Panama Jones, a local tour business with offices in the United States, hosted a Panama Canal party for Princeton Review, a company that offers courses to prepare for the SAT and other academic tests. The revelers flew into Panama from Jamaica, saw a bit of Panama City and the canal, then flew out that night. Photos courtesy of Panama Jones