After a very nice hotel breakfast we settled our bill with the
desk for 2 charges - one for the Moijitos last night and one for
dinner the night before. We checked our bags into Uncruise
hospitality on the 4th floor. We then called an Uber and got a
ride out to Panama Viejo.

Our driver first took us to an old ghetto area then found we
wanted to go to Panama Viejo. He then entered Panama Viejo into
his GPS and took us to the correct place. The ruins are just
that, ruins. We only bought Park admission and skipped the
museum. We walked around a while, read some of the signs then
called for another Uber to take us back. This time I requested
an English Uber and got Juan Diego. He was an excellent
conversationalist. I ended up tipping him $5 for the $5 ride.
We got back to the hotel and filled out passport papers then
waited. Finally the bus was loaded outside the hotel for the
long ride to Colon. There was an accident on the North Way, an
overturned Cement Truck. We finally got going and got to our
boat where we disembarked. At the top of the gang plank our
greeter was Heather from our Alaska tour. What a surprise. The
bartender was also from the Alaskan boat, Daniel.

We got boarded by a fantastic Canal Pilot. Each boat is required to
have a pilot. our guy has 44 years experience and can captain large
cargo ships or Nuclear submarines.

We had a buffet dinner on the deck with plenty of wine. I had a
slider with salad and veggies. Later I got a second Bean burger
slider. Dessert was an ice cream bar where I had chocolate ice
cream topped with berry sauce and some coconut and fruit. Wow.

The canal transit was very cool. What fun to see the
locomotives attached via cable on each side to keep us centered.
I did movies and pictures through all three locks on the
Atlantic side. I fell asleep but woke at 2 AM to see the last
of the lock transit. I made it through the first 2 but fell
asleep for the third. It was 3:30 AM.