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Trip around the world in 63 days, 2003
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We try GOLD panning and Birgitt is quickly an expert: she finds gold! That tastes to more. We get permission to go to the riverbed in the concession and start digging right the way. It’s heavy: almost 10 kg of stones sand and water which should be moved in circles in a particular way to separate the gold from the dirt. It is hard labor and the result is nothing. We do it over and over again and without result. This leads to nothing. So we start using our brain in stead of muscles. We walk up the stream and try to evaluate where the alluvial gold must have been deposited by the stream. We examining many places and at last we see a bend in the stream in which the gold must have been set. We remove the top layer and scoop the sand. Surprise! Gold!! Lots of gold. We see very small particles glittering in the sun. Enthusiastically we try to pan the gold. But the gold dust is that fine that we cannot separate it from the dirt. We just lack the skills. But we know where to find the gold!