Book Description
Cruising the Panama Canal: This detailed personal guide gives you just the right knowledge to enjoy your Panama Canal cruise and associated port of calls. These include Aruba, Cartagena, Ocho Rio, Limon, Puntarenas, Puerto Quetzal, Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco, and Puerto Chiapas A complete chronological rundown of the construction and operation of the original and new canal's locks are detailed. The guide sails the original and the new locks with you while describing what you see along this magnificent waterway. Also, this book saves you hundreds of dollars from the hidden costs of guided tours in the canal and the Pacific and Atlantic port of calls leading to the canal. Do it yourself options in-lieu-of guided tours of recommended tourist sites are detailed. This book gives you concise and quick up to date information regarding each of the above destinations. This information is categorized as follow: The geographical location of all tourist sites, the origin of each port of call's name, synopsis of history, demographic data, an abbreviated description of all tourist attractions and your options on how to reach each of them, economic data Year-round climate dataBuy this book to provide you with a spectrum of knowledge and options to get the most out of your Panama Canal cruise and associated port of calls.