The cache is a small forest green/chocolate brown Lock &
Lock with an Official Geocachel Label on top. Original content
includes: custom logbook, pencil, bilingual stash note, red Panama
bracelet, metallic green flamingo keychain/bottle opener and
magnetic silver chess pawn piece (thePunishERD's signature item).
There's a Phillips screwdriver keychain properly identified for
FTF!
This cache is near the 0K + 000 signal for runners and people
exercising there. It's also near the Country Inn & Suites by
Carlson Hotel and T.G.I. Friday's.
PLEASE RE-HIDE THE CACHE AS WELL OR EVEN BETTER THAT YOU
FOUND IT BUT BE CAREFUL THAT OTHERS CAN REACH IT TOO.
Maybe you want to join this
search with others caches in the area like
Plaza de la Cultura y de las Etnias by
DarkLadyWizard and
Aleithometer Cache by
verona9.
About Amador Causeway:
One of the most precious assets which reverted to Panama along
with the canal when the U.S. pulled out at the end of 1999 was the
Amador Causeway which flanks the channel leading into the Pacific
entrance to the canal, and joins four small islands, Flamenco,
Perico, Culebra and Naos.
Designed as a huge breakwater in 1913 to protect the entrance to
the Canal and prevent sedimentation in the Port of Balboa, the
causeway was built with a million and a quarter cubic yards of rock
from the excavation of Culebra Cut during the construction of
Panama Canal. It also served as a fortification. Just as the
Spaniards had pointed their cannons seaward a few centuries before
on the walls of Las Bovedas across the bay, the Americans, during
the two world wars, installed ordinance on the causeway islands to
make it the most powerful defense complex the world had seen.
The causeway had yet another purpose. It was a recreational area
for U.S. military and civilian personell, but forbidden to
Panamanians.
So that when the US moved out, Panamanians rejoiced especially
at the possession of The Causeway. A great deal of money was spent
on access and infrastructure and many offers were received and
projects proposed for the valuable real estate at Amador and the
islands. The place was tranformed into a touristic attraction.
Nowdays, it's one of the most popular spots in the city, and
have a large amount of recreational buildings, such as restaurants,
bars, discotheques, and a convention center as well as a sidewalk,
widely used to walk, jog, ride a bicycle or rollerskate. Has great
panoramic views not only of the entrance to the Panama Canal
including the Bridge of the Americas but also of Panama City and
the bay. Beside that, in this place are located a couple of
facilities from Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI),
including Punta Culebra Nature Center (PCNC). Near the entrance and
this cache, the Biomuseum is being builded, designed by the
canadian architect Frank Owen Gehry.
