Sea Voyager - Day 5

One of the neat things the stewards on the ship do when they fix up the rooms is to put the bath towels into a different shape each day. This is one of our favorites.This morning we took a zodiac ride around a small island in the Gulf of Panama where lots of seabirds can be found. We saw lots of brown pelicans and frigate birds,including males with their red pouches inflated.We also saw lots of brown boobies and blue-footed boobies. In the afternoon we visited a small village on the island of Taboga near the Panama Canal where our hotel manager’s family has a home - the tall one in this photo.

There was also a neat church.

Then we sat near the entrance of the canal with Panama City in the background and LOTS of other ships around, waiting for our canal pilot and our chance to start through the canal. It was after dark by the time we got underway.

Stay tuned for lots more canal photos.