| The approach to the first Gatun Lock of the Panama Canal |
| Shelter Bay Marina on the Caribbean side of Panama, near Colón |
| Taking shelter from the daily rainshowers |
| Sunset in Shelter Bay Marina |
| A stowaway! |
| A huge container ship squeezes through the first Gatun Lock in the Panama Canal, southbound to the Pacific |
| Cars wait here to cross the Canal over a swing bridge across the lock |
| Small but powerful electric railway engines, called mules, heave the big ships along the Canal locks |
| Ital Laguna enters the lock as Evergreen exits |
| Coatimundis are common in the San Lorenzo Parque Nacional adjacent to Shelter Bay Marina |
| An abandoned road makes it easy to walk through the jungle and view wildlife |
| There's a Toucan up there somewhere |
| Tropical tree frogs breed in any standing body of water |
| Coati |
| Coati closeup |
| Coati foraging on the ground |
| Howler monkeys taking a siesta |
| Howler closeup |
| Howler closeup |
| Howler closeup |
| Howler closeup |
| This is no monkey! |
| Its a brown-throated tree sloth in its characteristic upside down position! |
