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You're looking at one of the wonders of the modern world in action, a container ship leaving the Gatun Locks and headed into the Caribbean Sea. If you are a driver, you are also looking at a red light that means that you can't get to the other side of the Panama Canal until this lockage is over. It's a serious developmental obstacle to Colon's Costa Abajo.


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A Survivor tourist's tale
Bet you didn't know Colon was like this
Smasho!
Waiting out a lockage

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