Hey guys a quick update to let you with the panama webcam links know that we are half hour or so late going through. its 1pm in England and we will be heading through Miraflores lock in about half an hour. Ship is called Island Princess. You can't miss it!

It took us all day, as expected, to transit the Panama Canal's three locks and lakes. The locks themselves are nothing like you get back home....massive and a real feat of engineering. In between the locks were big lakes which we sailed through...these were really scenic and we enjoyed that bit as much as the actual locks themselves.  The canal has landslides on its banks from time to time and they are working constantly to strengthen the banks of the cut...