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A heavily burdened ATV (all-terrain vehicle) passing through the old growth forest deep in the Suriname interior. All-terrain vehicles provide very expensive public transportation for migrant Brazilian ?garimpeiros? gold miners. An ATV taxi service between Bensdorp and the next village about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) away through the rainforest for the price of one gram of pure gold or Euro 40. Gold, carried in waist pouches, is the preferred currency. Then Euros are favored hard currency because the rainforests of French Guiana right across the Marowijne River are part of the Euro zone, followed by the U.S. dollar and finally, begrudgingly the humble national currency, the Suriname dollar.