巴拿马运河

运河是巴拿马的标志和重要经济支柱，巴拿马的建国和历史基本上都和运河有关。三百万的人口和六百多亿的国民生产总值运河占了很大比重，属于巴拿马的长城，来这里必看的景点，就是很快！

开会，忙里偷闲去趟著名的巴拿马运河。出乎意料，巴拿马运河显得非常的窄，大型的货船只能刚刚好通过。在平台上饶有兴致地看了半天船只怎么抬升水位再降水位地穿过巴拿马运河，然后去他的博物馆，3d演示厅，很清晰地展示了巴拿马运河建造和运行的原理。在博物馆里有一个非常有趣的模拟，感觉自己就站在即将通过运河的船只船头，非常身临其境。据说每只船通过要缴纳30到40万美金，一天大概通过35到40艘船，巴拿马的经济四分之一就靠运河啦！

还有我们的导游,myfriendmario来的Mario Wong我们只有四天时间,因为时间有限,我在到到网上找寻建议,在这么短的时间里尽量多看看。我发现myfriendmario.com的一个正面点评,这是一家旅行社,决定也用他们家了。出发之前,我跟他们预订了运河部分行船(718元人民币),还有从机场乘车去Doubletree酒店(156元人民币)。Mario(他们公司有三个人),姓Wong,他很优秀,懂得非常多,来机场接了我(我先生晚一些从里约(Rio)过来),我们立刻就出发游览这座城市了。花了312元人民币——我们去遗址附近的博物馆了解了巴拿马的历史,这样在游览之前我对大背景能有所了解。然后在遗址那里花了一段时间。接着Mario就带我去了Colonial city,他们还都在忙着重建,不过教堂很漂亮。我们步行于城市中,Mario一边给我讲这里的历史。从那儿起,他带着我走堤道,那里能找到餐厅。如果你有时间的话,可以租一辆自行车,沿着堤道骑,可能有三千米吧。我们然后去了Ancon山,从山顶上一端可以看到巴拿马运河,另一边可以看到巴拿马城和Colonial city。适合照相。我们接着就去一家当地人常去的咖啡吧吃了午餐——很棒的健康饮食,37元人民币。之后就回到了Doubletree酒店,酒店很棒,位置上靠近餐厅和赌场。运河之旅很不错,Mario把我们送到了码头,然后从那里出发,我们乘船返回,导游很不错。食物也非常好。交通上花了大概五个小时,之后就把我们送到了酒店。那天晚上我们在Roberto Duran餐厅用餐的,他亲自过来跟我们打招呼,聊天——多好多谦逊的一个人啊。我们吃了海鲜,真的很不错。Mario还带我们参观了克莱顿(Clayton)老军事基地,并且向我们展示了城市中不同区域,包括正在进行的新发展。总的来说,一位很棒的导游Mario Wong带我们度过了很棒的四天——选择他,你不会后悔的。我们以后还会来巴拿马的,也还会找Mario。

来这里玩过之后你永远也不会忘记的。你一定要把巴拿马运河排进你这辈子必须做的事的清单。米拉弗洛雷斯的游客区域里的博物馆和里面的3D视频展示了巴拿马运河的作用。

来运河旅游真是太值得了!游船提供早餐和午餐。只需要60元就能买到一张运河纪念证书!!

这是必然要体验的!实际去观看的感觉更是美妙。我看着过往的船只,惊讶于这个工程的神奇。现在,如果一个成人要进入4层的观景台,并通过观景台去到剧院和博物馆要8美元,当然,如果你只到观景台就不需要那么多了,3美元就够了。电影虽然很短,但还不错,如果一场电影开始时,你恰巧在附近,那么正好可以用来打发时间。米拉弗洛雷斯游客中心正在建设中,所以有时会有点不方便,不过它仍在开放中,而且仍然很值得逗留一番。

最近,我第一次乘坐Holland America游轮从圣迭戈穿越巴拿马运河去到了罗德岱堡。整个航程非常美妙,穿过运河的部分是整个航程的亮点!我建议任何一个有兴趣穿越该运河的或者已经穿越这条运河的人,都去读读David McCullough的这本名叫“The Path between the Seas”的书。这是一本很厚的书,但是里面关于这座令人惊叹的运河是如何建造的信息是非常有用的。我从没见过像这个运河或者加通湖这样的地方......太美了。

Went through on a small vessel from Colon to Panama City as well as seeing the Miraflores Locks Visitor"s Center on land. Wonderful experience to see this amazing engineering marvel. I'd suggest that before you go you read David McCullough's " The Path Between the Seas" to make it even more enjoyable

The museum at Miraflores lock is excellent. Watch the ships pass the lock's, fascinating.The guides are helpful. Spend time here, it is well worth it.

Luckily we saw a big ship passing through, people there are really kind and ready to help you. The trip was easy, went through a cab driver who was friendly

Get there early as the ship rush hour ends rather early. We have done the canal crossing on a cruise before, but this is a completely different perspective.

Crossing the Canal is a experience of a lifetime. we were aboard a big cruise ship and it took quite a while to the crossing from the Pacific to the Caribbean Sea.We could watch the locks opening and closing and the ship going down and up. We were at deck 7 and sometimes it was really deck 7 or times we were at ground level. Watching "the trains " that pull the ships is also awsome .Fantastic experience ! Try it if you can .You won't regret it.

Definitely consider taking the partial canal tour. It's expensive ($150 pp), but absolutely worth it. The guide is a wealth of knowledge and you can hear him really well throughout the boat. He is happy to answer questions. They provide breakfast and lunch. It's truly amazing to go through the locks with huge container ships, tugboats, tiny sail boats, luxury yachts and yourself.

Amazing day trip. Good tour guide who spoke English and Spanish. Going through locks was something to not miss. Mini breakfast around 11a and lunch offered had rice, veggies and chicken included in price. Sodas ans bottled water plentiful. Could buy beer. Bus trip to and from was air conditioned.

The foresight, the engineering, the execution - 100 years later the Canal still functions as it did on day one. An amazing feat!