From the hot beaches to chilly mountains of Panama

7/29/10 to 7/31/10

The day after the great meeting with the Embera we were taken to go see the famous Panama canal. The Panama canal has 3 locks and we visited the last lock that is Miraflores. A lock is a set of gates that are used with filling or lowering water to help ships move along the canal. As we was there a large group of navy personal had arrival. It was quit a sight, a sea of white uniforms.

After the canal we went to the ruins old Panama. Old Panama was burnt down by the Spanish governor at the time so pirate Henry Morgan would not capture the city and there wouldn't be a good chance that British would get the city. When Morgan showed up to the city it was burnt down and he took all the gold and jewels from the city. When Morgan showed up to Britain Spain asked to them to put him in jail, so they did. But he was in a jail with what ever he want, in British he was looked at as a hero for bringing down a Spanish city. I had a great time learning about Morgan because when I was little boy my grandmother would tell me about him as bed time stories.

The next day we left Panama City and started to work our way north to the border with Costa Rica. We had to go up to the mountains and we he stopped from town to town sit seeing, hiking, and eating typical food of the area.

Here is my attempt to shoot a still-life that I found instead of setting one up, influenced by Hallmark Institute of Photography panelist Grant Peterson.