Reunion in Gamboa
This afternoon at about 4 pm both groups arrived at the Soberania Lodge in Gamboa within 10 minutes of each other. The Pedasí group traveled from La Enea (~ 5 hour bus ride with stops). The other group had a full day in the Canal area. First we went to Pipeline Road In Soberania National Park, then we boarded boats and saw wildlife along the islands and shoreline of Lake Gatún.
On Lake Gatún
After a nice picnic lunch on an island in lake Gatún, we went to the Miraflores Locks and we watched a large ship go through. We’ll update with a little more later. You can follow our track today by clicking on Lake Gatún & Miraflores Locks. The point farthest north is Pipeline Road. The uppermost left tracks are on Lake Gatún. The Miraflores Locks are near the lower right portion of the tracks. Chessie did a group errand and the lowest right tracks reflect that errand.
Panama Canal
Tomorrow we’ll all go together to a Emberá community (Emberá Drua). It is upstream on the Chagres River in Chagres National Park. It will take about an hour to get to the point by bus, where we will then get into large dugout boats that will then travel about 45 minutes upstream to the community.