So, even though we turned the canal back over to Panama on schedule in 1999 (per the original 1914 contract) there is still a "canal zone". It is a place of great biodiversity - and is a national preserve.
We met and fed some monkeys. Now I know you should not feed wild animals, but these monkeys were marooned on these minor and too little islands when the canal was made by creating a lake. So they are dependent on food from people (before tourists it was the US military).
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| Geoffrey's Tamarind |
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| Capuchin (like Ross' Monkey from Friends) |
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| Todd and Alex up top. We spent our time with them. Eddie and I down on the bottom. |
We also saw the canal. It was crazy how close they let you to giant boats, include Liquid Natural Gas boats!!
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| Going into the New Panama X Pacific locks. |
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| The view from driving over the lock gate to the other side! |
