{"id":2506,"date":"2020-12-20T13:54:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T13:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/?p=2506"},"modified":"2021-03-18T11:19:58","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:19:58","slug":"around-the-world-in-ten-photos-day-four-panning-for-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/around-the-world-in-ten-photos-day-four-panning-for-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the world in ten photos: day four"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panning for gold<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#191970\" class=\"has-inline-color\">A woman crouches beside the fast-flowing river, panning for gold. Hers is a simple life in a rural village, but success here could change it forever.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Margaret of <a href=\"https:\/\/margaret21.com\/2020\/12\/16\/around-the-world-in-ten-photos-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">From Pyrenees to Pennines<\/a> and Teresa of <a href=\"https:\/\/mywanderings.travel.blog\/2020\/12\/12\/travel-challenge-3-10\/comment-page-1\/#comment-5209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My Camera &amp; I<\/a> have both invited me to join them and other bloggers to post one favourite travel picture a day for ten days without explanation, then each day, nominate someone new to join in on the same terms. I don&#8217;t usually post a single photo on my blog; I like to tell a story. But for this challenge I&#8217;ll resist that temptation and instead play a guessing game with you all. So, does anyone know which river I am on, or in which country? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" data-attachment-id=\"2504\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/11-0038-lao-p1230822-blogb\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-0038-Lao-P1230822-Blogb.jpg?fit=916%2C685&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"916,685\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FZ200&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1581491594&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;53.4&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Panning for gold on the Nam Ou, Laos\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-0038-Lao-P1230822-Blogb.jpg?fit=640%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-0038-Lao-P1230822-Blogb.jpg?resize=640%2C479&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Woman crouching by a river panning for gold\" class=\"wp-image-2504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-0038-Lao-P1230822-Blogb.jpg?w=916&amp;ssl=1 916w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-0038-Lao-P1230822-Blogb.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/toonsarah-travels.blog\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/11-0038-Lao-P1230822-Blogb.jpg?resize=768%2C574&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff0f5;color:#191970\">And the answer is, the Nam Ou, a river in northern Laos. 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