{"id":1715,"date":"2026-09-25T06:41:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/?p=1715"},"modified":"2026-09-25T06:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:41:02","slug":"seafarer-shore-leave-guide-day-19-balboa-colon-panama-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/seafarer-shore-leave-guide-day-19-balboa-colon-panama-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"Seafarer Shore Leave Guide &#8211; Day 19: BALBOA \/ COLON \u2014 Panama Canal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day 19: BALBOA \/ COLON \u2014 Panama Canal, Pacific &amp; Atlantic entrances<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Seafarer Shore Leave Guide continues!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This edition brings you a quick, practical reference for BALBOA \/ COLON \u2014 Panama Canal, Pacific &amp; Atlantic entrances, covering everything a seafarer needs to know before heading ashore \u2014 including port access, local transport, seafarer support services, useful contacts, nearby attractions, airport options, accommodation, and essential shore-leave tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More ports and practical information for seafarers are coming throughout this series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow us and stay connected for the next edition of the Seafarer Shore Leave Guide!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TRAVEL-GUIDE-DAY-19-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TRAVEL-GUIDE-DAY-19-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TRAVEL-GUIDE-DAY-19-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TRAVEL-GUIDE-DAY-19-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TRAVEL-GUIDE-DAY-19-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TRAVEL-GUIDE-DAY-19-1000x1414.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TRAVEL-GUIDE-DAY-19-230x325.jpg 230w, https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TRAVEL-GUIDE-DAY-19-350x495.jpg 350w, https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TRAVEL-GUIDE-DAY-19-480x679.jpg 480w, https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/TRAVEL-GUIDE-DAY-19.jpg 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 19: BALBOA \/ COLON \u2014 Panama Canal, Pacific &amp; Atlantic entrances The Seafarer Shore Leave Guide continues! This edition brings you a quick, practical reference for BALBOA \/ COLON \u2014 Panama Canal, Pacific &amp; Atlantic entrances, covering everything a seafarer needs to know before heading ashore \u2014 including port [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1156],"tags":[8,7,1262,272,1175],"class_list":["post-1715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-seafarer-shore-leave-guide","tag-marinersupdate","tag-mu","tag-panamaport","tag-seafarers-2","tag-seafarershoreleave"],"featured_image_src":"","blog_images":{"medium":"","large":""},"ams_acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1715"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1717,"href":"https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1715\/revisions\/1717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marinersupdate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}