Travel Writer Tigger - Korinth Canal

Photographs dated 21 December 2019 are my 'proof positive' that I was there in December 2019.  Why F had failed to publish my musings on what even a cat could see was a fairly remarkable waterway escapes me, and we have crossed it a number of times since then so here are my photos

Ok so it just looks like a ditch - we did see a ship go through

We did see boats going through it, and you could in those days take a boat tour through.  That was before bits of it's sides fell down and grounded ships and then threw more bits down on top.  It is now closed indefinitely and at least until 2022.


The history of this canal you can read here.  It is a relatively modern engineering project given the number of centuries the idea and desire for a canal crossing the isthmus has been around.

It is also a very long way down from our bridge to the water....let's go buy a postcard.

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  1. Yamini MacLean22 May 2021 at 13:01

    Hari OM
    Yup, one very deep, very narrow ditch, indeed... or a giant open drain? Either way, impressive in scale and slightly distrubing to my vertigo!!! I am glad you were firmly strapped to F, Mr T. Hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx

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  2. MadSnapper22 May 2021 at 13:39

    in my humble opinion, the last two photos of you would make super great postcards... it is all about perspective, I thought it was a narrow ditch and now read that it would let a ship through....

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    1. Tigger's Mum22 May 2021 at 14:53

      Thank you - i do my best to look good. Shame about the photographer i employ. Mr T

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  3. JayCee22 May 2021 at 14:26

    Yes we stood on that bridge and looked down. It is certainly a VERY long drop!

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    1. Tigger's Mum22 May 2021 at 14:51

      Just imagine digging that ditch... it would be a lo ng way UP if you were at the bottom.

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  4. The bike shed22 May 2021 at 15:00

    A massive and visionary undertaking - we don 't seem to do the same these days - or at east not as much.

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    1. Tigger's Mum23 May 2021 at 11:18

      Maybe the world has got all the canals it needs, or can justify.

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  5. It's.a.crazy.world22 May 2021 at 21:17

    Oh, my! We have a similar "ditch" but we like to call it a gorge here in New Mexico, because we really don't have a lot of water. Certainly no ships would be making their way down the Rio Grande Gorge in Taos. Maybe a canoe, haha. How very brave to be leaning over to look.

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    1. Tigger's Mum23 May 2021 at 11:19

      We saw a TV program about some people going down the Rio Grande in row boats - it looked pretty hair raising.

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