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Philip Hagggerty
We got to the Caribbean at about 5:30 and docked in Cristobal as we were eating dinner. This meant that the trip through took about ten hours. The timing is under the control of the Panama Canal Authority and depends, I imagine, on the amount and the direction of the traffic. More traffic goes from the Atlantic to Pacific than the other way; about 109 million tons West to East compared to 84 million tons East to West in fiscal year 2001 according to the Authority website. Because of the delay in our arrival we were allowed off after dinner and did not have to re-embark until 10:45 for an 11:00 departure. Effectively however, the only place to go was the large dockside flea market, which consequently was jammed with people and did rather well. We bought a nice woven basket made by almost clothed Indians from the Wounaam and Embera tribes which inhabit the rainforest in the jungle between Panama and Columbia, and a local Panamanian T shirt. The Indians favored us with a dance when they were not selling woven ware.
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