A look back
A child gets a closer look at one of the friezes near the main rotunda
Mendocino or Spendocino, a fancy retreat for San Franciscans
on your far right hand side you can see a boat full of tourists, crossing the Panama Canal, this is a must see in your lifetime, it's like $8 for admission, and they have a presentation, flyers in spanish and english, explaining the process of the Miraflores Locks, the importance and the mechanism, behind it all, they have a 15 minute movie, in english explaining the construction of the Panama Canal, and they have maquettes and they view of the bridge of a vessel crossing the Canal, (Simulator).
Tankers pass our cruise ship as we leave Colon in Panama.
Heading upriver to an Embera Indian village in a motorized canoe.
There are far fewer people at the beaches in Oregon than in California, but Highway 101 running right along much of the coast here channels tourist from all over the state to sea-side resorts. Towns on that route have all the cheap t-shirts you could want, but my favorite places in Oregon are off of a road less traveled.
The scenery of The Paramo (High Andean Grasslands) consists of tough grasses and beautiful patchwork foothills. The city of Otavalo is famous for it’s Saturday market day where many weaving and crafts are sold.
Cape Kiwanda is located just outside Pacific City and is the southern most cape in the three capes scenic route. It is a popular location for surfers, wakeboarders, and beachcombers.