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Roy S
24-11-2017, 00:16
Bonaire

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Aruba

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Curaçao

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StanleyB
24-11-2017, 11:06
A lovely part of the Dutch Antilles. One of my sisters live in Curaçao.
Roy S
28-11-2017, 00:19
Panamá

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Cartagena, Columbia

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Audio Al
28-11-2017, 07:50
What NO hifi shops :scratch:


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Roy S
28-11-2017, 14:19
I did spot a Radio Shack on my travels if that counts?


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Macca
28-11-2017, 19:26
Lovely, you can't fault the Caribbean. I'd go and live there if I could. What was Aruba like? Always wanted to go there as it's where my father grew up.
Roy S
28-11-2017, 19:36
Aruba was probably my favourite, along with Barbados. Quite American with good shopping, ended up spending $7000 on Xmas presents... oh, and a Tag Monaco for myself [emoji6]


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Macca
28-11-2017, 19:46
Aruba was probably my favourite, along with Barbados. Quite American with good shopping, ended up spending $7000 on Xmas presents... oh, and a Tag Monaco for myself [emoji6]


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Flash bastard :) How many islands did you visit then? Did you go to St Kitts?
Roy S
28-11-2017, 19:57
Picked up ship in Tenerife then visited Gran Canaria, Sao Vicente in Cape Verde, Barbados, Grenada, Bonaire, Aruba, Curacao, Panama, Columbia and just waiting to fly back from Jamaica


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Macca
28-11-2017, 20:15
Wow man. Holiday and a half, that is. Sweet.
Roy S
28-11-2017, 20:25
It’s given a good ‘taster’ of each place, will definitely go back to Aruba at some stage


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Roy S
04-12-2017, 16:10
Panama Canal

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Barry
05-12-2017, 16:46
Panama Canal

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I was amazed and impressed with how quickly ships passed through the lock system, even the 'Panamax' vessels.
Macca
05-12-2017, 16:49
In the original design they weren't going to have locks, the plan was just to cut straight through at sea level. Until someone realised how much digging that would involve.
Barry
05-12-2017, 16:54
In the original design they weren't going to have locks, the plan was just to cut straight through at sea level. Until someone realised how much digging that would involve.

Yes that was the original French plan. It was the Americans who suggested the lock system. Not only did it save a lot of digging it turned out to be better for the environment as well: the waters in the Pacific and in the Carribean Atlantic are different in constitution and in the fauna supported.