Mansoor Ladha: Cruising the Panama Canal

Mansoor Ladha: Cruising the Panama CanalMansoor Ladha is a Calgary based Journalist, author and travel writer.

Engineering marvel striking up-close

The captain’s voice, heavy with a Dutch accent, came on the loudspeaker to say our ship would be arriving at the Panama Canal at 6 a.m. the following day. Armed with my Canon and telephoto lens, I arrived on the upper deck, where there were already about 100 people, photo fanatics of every description, gathered.

The ship, Holland America’s Statendam, had to wait briefly to let the pilot from Panama come aboard to guide the ship through the canal.

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