We all flew in, met and spent the night in a hotel

Hotel View

then drove through the city to Balboa to meet the Sonne.

City 1

City 2

We spent half a day waiting at the port

Marina

Pilot ship

Me and the docks

Silke, Sophie, and Doro

Natasha, Julia, Nathan

Then went into the Pacific to queue for the Panama Canal

Many ships wait

Pilot Ship leaves

Smog in the city

Mountains north of Panama City

Pelicans above the water

Smog in the city 2

Ship out my window

Girls (Jenny, Sandra, Julia, Gema, and Lea) watch the city

Pelicans and the fantail

Me and the city

Sunsetting: 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

We finally begin to move into the canal after dark

City lights: 1

2

3

4

5

And then we approach the first set of lochs

Loch lights

Nearer picture

Guiding train 118: 1

2

3

Water rising

Loch set 2

Closing gates

VEGA

Loch view

Welcome hut

Then a misty fog rolled in, so we waited until morning to continue the journey through.

Morning view

Towers on the bank

Mist in the river

Good-bye lochs

Me and the bank

Mist in the river 2

Doro and Stefan on the PileDeck

Bridge on the bank

Sandra, Julia, and Jenny and the bank

Girls (Sandra, Julia, Jenny, and Allegra) on the PileDeck

Murky lake

Me and the lake

Roping the Sonne

Me and the tourist center

Atlantic Welcome hut

Final loch

Me and the Loch: 1

2

And then we left Panama, and began ‘science’...

Away in the Atlantic

Back to Sonne Page

Back to Home Page