In 1991 I started working for myself and with the help of some funding set up a small project washing gold placers. We never made any money because the gold price was $250 and the machinery constantly broken down, but it was an intense and interesting time.
The Team 
The village 
Cockfighting 
Countryside 
Threshing the sugar cane 
Panning 
A fish trap 
Digging the gravel 
Washing plant 
Welding new teeth on bucket 
A good day 
Gold bar
The experiences from my eight years in Ecuador form the basis for the background materials for my first two books, Fool’s Gold and Hitler’s Finger. I am writing a third book based in Ecuador at present. It will be called the Bonita Protocol and you can pre-order soon.
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