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It has been almost three months since I last updated the blog. Many reasons pushed me away from the blog. One of the main reasons was the difficulty of the golden pieces to be assembled together. It took the kids sleepless and restless days and nights using trial and error technique to assemble the golden pieces.

So finally, they have succeeded to put the pieces together and join the two parts together.

The total assembled pieces is 9120 pieces, with the same number to go.

Here are couple of pictures.

That's all for now. Will start updating the blog when we start the second half.

Day 45, 46, 47

Day 45 ( Saturday, Feb 26, 2011 ):

Today's result was assembling 455 pieces that brings the total to 2682 pieces with 1878 pieces to go.

Today was the highest ever assembled in this puzzle. Way to go.

This is the end of day 45.



Day 46 ( Sunday, Feb 27, 2011 ):

Today's result was assembling 326 pieces that brings the total to 3008 pieces with 1552 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 46.

Day 47 ( Monday, Feb 28, 2011 ):

Today's result was assembling 202 pieces that brings the total to 3210 pieces with 1350 pieces to go.

Here is a couple of photos.

This is the end of day 47.

Day 44

Day 44 ( Friday, Feb 25, 2011 ):

Today's result was assembling 141 pieces that brings the total to 2227 pieces with 2333 pieces to go.

Will try my best to post a photo tomorrow.

This is the end of day 44.

Day 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43

I have been away 11 days in writing in the blog. I had a very bad news that has affected our lives in general and took me almost a week to recover and adopt to it. Yesterday, my little son went into surgery and was discharged today. So here what has happened in the puzzle, day by day and in brief (just statistics).

Day 33:

Today's result was assembling 52 pieces that makes the total 960 pieces with 3600 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 33.

Day 34:

Today's result was assembling 53 pieces that makes the total 1013 pieces with 3547 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 34.

Day 35:

Today's result was assembling 40 pieces that makes the total 1053 pieces with 3507 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 35.

Day 36:

Today's result was assembling 208 pieces that makes the total 1261 pieces with 3299 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 36.

Day 37:

Today's result was assembling 156 pieces that makes the total 1417 pieces with 3143 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 37.

Day 38:

Today's result was assembling 69 pieces that makes the total 1486 pieces with 3074 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 38.

Day 39:

Today the kids took a day off.

This is the end of day 39.

Day 40:

Today's result was assembling 149 pieces that makes the total 1635 pieces with 2925 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 40.

Day 41:

Today's result was assembling 181 pieces that makes the total 1816 pieces with 2744 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 41.

Day 42:

Today's result was assembling 118 pieces that makes the total 1934 pieces with 2626 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 42.

Day 43:

Today's result was assembling 152 pieces that makes the total 2086 pieces with 2474 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 43.

Day 32

Day 32 ( Sunday, Feb 13, 2011 ):

Kids have exams, so they took the day off.

This is the end of Day 32.

Day 31

Day 31 ( Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 ):

Today's result was assembling 126 pieces that makes the total 908 pieces with 3652 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 31.

Day 30

Day 30 ( Friday, Feb 11, 2011 ):

Today was very quite in assembling. The end result was assembling 62 pieces which makes the total 782 pieces with 3778 pieces to go.

No photo for today, perhaps tomorrow.

This is the end of day 30.

Day 29

Day 29 ( Thursday, Feb 10, 2011 ):

The result of today was assembling 190 pieces that brings the total to 720 pieces with 3840 pieces to go.

No photo for today.

This is the end of day 29.

Day 26, 27, 28

We couldn't post anything in the past three days as the modem was down and needed a software update.

To start, here is a photo of the puzzle we are working on now:

Day 26 ( Monday, Feb 7, 2011 ):

After sorting most of the pieces yesterday, we have started to assemble the outline frame. The total assembled was 271 pieces with 4289 pieces to go.

A photo of the assembled frame is here:

This is the end of day 26.


Day 27 ( Tuesday, Feb 8, 2011 ):

We are working on assembling the pieces randomly. The day ended with a low number of pieces assembled, 85 pieces, which makes the total assembled so far 356 pieces with 4204 pieces to go.

No photo for this day.

This is the end of day 27.


Day 28 ( Wednesday, Feb 9, 2011 ):

Few things in the puzzle have started to show up. Since we were locating random pieces but they wouldn't assemble together and we knew where they go in, I have drawn the main big two circles as well as the small ones on the cardboard. Every piece that was located was then placed on the cardboard where it belongs to until it fits with the next when found.

the result of this day was assembling 174 pieces that makes the total assembled 530 pieces with 4030 pieces to go.

Few photos of the work are displayed here:

This is the end of day 28.

Day 25

Day 25 ( Sunday, Feb 6, 2011 ):

The kids wanted to take a day off to refresh after finishing the first part. At the end of the day we have opened the second bag which is part "B" on the top of the one that we have assembled. We have started to sort out the colors to prepare them for assembling tomorrow.

Here are couple of photos.

This is the end of day 25.

Day 24

Day 24 ( Saturday, Feb 5, 2011 ):

Wow, what a day. Finally we have harvested the long hours that we have planted in this part of the puzzle.

IT IS DONE. Part "D", the right lower section has been done except for the golden frame. We have focused hardly to finish assembling the oceans (first photo), and we had around 160 pieces left were all look the same. We had to check every piece in all possible locations until it fits in its correct place. Took us a long time to do it, until it was the last piece were it was placed (photo 2). The last photo shows the full puzzle been assembled.

Today's result was assembling 491 pieces (the highest number of pieces that have been assembled in ONE day) which brings the total to 4422 pieces with 138 pieces to go.

Here are the three photos.

This is the end of day 24.

Day 23

Day 23 ( Friday, Feb 4, 2011 ):

The result of today's work was assembling 241 pieces that brings the total to 3931 pieces with 629 pieces to go.

Here is a photo.

This is the end of day 23.

Day 22

Day 22 ( Thursday, Feb 3, 2011 ):

Still hard finding the right pieces. We tried to follow the latitude and longitude lines, even though it is difficult, but they have started to come together.

The result for today was assembling 134 pieces that makes the total 3690 pieces with 870 pieces to go.

Here is a picture of today's work.

This is the end of day 22.

Day 21

Day 21 ( Wednesday, Feb 2, 2011 ):

We have been struggling with these pieces as we are now working on piece by piece to match it and find it's correct place.

The today's result was assembling 93 pieces which brings the total to 3556 pieces with 1004 pieces to go.

Here is a picture of the result today.

This is the end of day 21.

Day 20

Day 20 ( Tuesday, Feb 1, 2011 ):

Getting harder and harder. Most pieces look the same. Today's result was assembling 80 pieces that makes the total 3463 pieces with 1097 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 20.

Day 19

Day 19 ( Monday, Jan 31, 2011 ):

The puzzle is getting harder and harder as most of the pieces look the same. The result of today was assembling 198 pieces which makes the total 3383 pieces with 1177 pieces to go.

We will try to post a picture tomorrow.

This is the end of day 19.

Day 18

Day 18 ( Sunday, Jan 30, 2011 ):

Today was a tough one. We have spent most of the day sorting and assembling whatever we can.

Today's result was assembling 53 pieces that makes the total 3185 pieces with 1375 pieces left to go.

No photo for today.

This is the end of day 18.

Day 17

Day 17 ( Saturday, Jan 29, 2011 ):

Today we have assembled the equator and tried to complete the edges of the maps. We also have started to sort out the pieces of the oceans.

The result of today was assembling 342 pieces bringing the total to 3132 pieces with 1428 pieces to go.

He is a photo of the result today.

This is the end of day 17.

Day 16

Day 16 ( Friday, Jan 28, 2011 ):

We had spent very good efforts today to assemble the highest number of pieces on any other day. The map is starting to shape up.

The outcome of today was assembling 473 pieces that makes the total 2790 pieces with 1770 pieces to go.

Here are few pictures of today:

This is the end of day 16.

Day 14 & 15:

Day 14 ( Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 ):

The result of this day was assembling 69 pieces that brings the total to 2010 pieces with 2550 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 14.



Day 15 ( Thursday, Jan 27, 2011 ):

We have totally stopped working on the golden frame as it was very difficult to assemble. Beside, when the result at the end of the day is low, it makes us feel depressed. So, to refresh our souls to assemble more, we have decided to skip the golden frame at the moment and delay it till the end.

The result of today assembling was 307 pieces that makes the total so far 2317 pieces with 2243 pieces to go.

Here is a picture of today ( and previous days ) work.

This is the end of day 15.

Day 13

Day 13 ( Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 ):

Been assembling different parts of the puzzle as we had to take some time off the golden frame. The result of today was assembling 63 pieces that makes the total assembled 1941 pieces with 2619 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 13.

Day 12

Day 12 ( Monday, Jan 24, 2011 ):

Worked on the golden frame as well as some parts of the map. Will post a picture when the golden frame is done. The result of today is assembling 108 pieces that makes the grand total 1878 with 2682 pieces to go.

This is the end of day 12.

Day 11

Day 11 ( Sunday Jan 23, 2011 ):

Still challenged by the golden frame. The result of today is 62 pieces with a grand total of 1770 pieces and 2790 pieces left to go.

No picture will be posted until we are done from the golden frame.

This is the end of day 11.

Day 10

Day 10 ( Saturday Jan 22nd, 2011 ):

Still working on the golden frame. Naturally, whenever someone assemble a piece of a specific solid color, the puzzle gets easier a little. We had the feeling that it is getting harder not easier.

The result of today was to assemble 29 pieces that brings the total to 1708 pieces with 2852 pieces to go.

Since the amount of the assembled pieces are not too many, I didn't feel that posting a picture will show any difference from the one posted yesterday.

This is the end of day 10.

Day 9

Day 9 ( Friday Jan 21th, 2011 ):

Was focusing today to work on the golden frame. Spent many hours interchanging every piece with many different locations trying to figure out where it fits.

The outcome of today was assembling 120 pieces, which brings the total assembled to 1679 pieces with 2881 pieces to go.

Here is the picture of today result.

This is the end of day 9.

Day 8

Day 8 ( Thursday Jan 20th, 2011 ):

It was good that yesterday we had completed the 4 corners. This has helped us today to connect and assemble the frame. Even though the frame is not done completely, we have sorted out all of the frame pieces inside the new frame so that we can work on them tomorrow.

We figured that this is really the extremely difficult pieces as some pieces look alike and will fit with some pieces. The only way to figure if they are the right pieces or not is when it is time to assemble the surrounding pieces. If the pieces is correct, the others will fit around it easily, otherwise it has to be changed.

The outcome of today was assembling 154 pieces which brings the total to 1559 pieces with 3001 pieces to go.

Here is the picture of the end work.

This is the end of day 8.

Day 7

Day 7 ( Wednesday Jan 19th, 2011 ):

Today was good as we have done the other three black corners. Even though the black pieces were almost identical and very difficult to put them together, it was a real challenge at the end.

the end of the day result was assembling 310 pieces which brings the total to 1405 pieces with 3155 pieces to go. we all feel great with this accomplishment.

Here are few photos.

This is the end of day 7.

Day 6

Day 6 ( Tuesday Jan 18th, 2011 ):

it is always good when one of two things happen:
1. Start a new place in the puzzle, or
2. completing an area and makes it grow.

I guess this what has happened today, as seen in the photos below.

As I had anticipated before, the frame is really very difficult. In the black corner, we have put the frame pieces together, and they looked perfect. When we tried to fill it up from inside, they didn't fit with some pieces of the frame. This had forced us to remove the unfit pieces and try to find the correct ones and replace them. What a challenge.

The outcome of today has been 133 pieces assembled which makes the total done so far 1095 pieces with 3465 pieces to go.

Here are few pictures.

This is the end of day 6.

Day 5

Day 5 ( Monday Jan 17th, 2011 ):

Spent most of the time sorting out the "ocean" pieces. Looked like more than 1500 pieces. That was a mission by itself.

Finally could join the black left lower corner with the title part. The total assembled today was 89 pieces that brings the grant total to 962 with 3598 to go.

Here are couple of photos.

This is the end of day 5.

Day 4

Day 4 ( Sunday Jan 16th, 2011):

it's getting tougher, with each day passes, to find the right pieces. Still focusing on the four parts that we have started and making them grow by assembling more pieces into them.

The result of today's work was assembling 97 pieces, making the grand total assembled 873 pieces with 3687 pieces to go.

Here are few pictures:

The is the end of day 4.

DAY 3

Day 3 ( Saturday Jan 15th, 2011 ):

Today it was really difficult and tough. Sorting was of paramount importance as we needed to find out many pieces in random. Thought to work from inside out by starting to assemble the black corners. Started with the lower left corner to build it up. Also, the small yellow map of yesterday was growing up. The total assembled today was 149 pieces with 3784 pieces to go.

Here are couple of photos:

This is the end of day 3.

At the end of day 2, we have assembled 262 pieces which makes the total assembled 627 pieces and 3933 left to go. We were lucky to assemble the edge frame, and hope that the pieces are assembled correctly.

The puzzle we are working on right now is:

Here are few pictures of the result of day 2:

This is the end of Day 2.

Day 1 & 2

I was web surfing and found a picture of a big puzzle that was made by Ravensburger from Germany. At the time they have introduced it in the market, it was the biggest that ever been manufactured. This puzzle is made of 18,240 pieces and it is called " 4 Historic World Maps ". Here is a picture of it:

I have been searching for this huge 18,240 pcs puzzle over the net for about 2 weeks. I couldn't find it anywhere as it was discontinued by the manufacture and was out of stuck at all puzzle stores. I have finally found it in UK in a store called "the Modeller" located in Stroud.

The puzzle took a week in the mail. We have received it yesterday "Thursday Jan 13th, 2011".

DAY 1 ( Thursday Jan 13th, 2011 ):

As soon as we received it, we opened it and found that it consists of 4 bags. Each bag contains one of the 4 maps displayed above. Each bag contains 4560 pieces.

We have started with part D "Right lower section". The puzzle is really very difficult. We normally start by sorting the puzzle parts and get out the straight edges and assemble them. The edges were very difficult as they are all the same golden color. While sorting out the colors, the kids started to assemble some parts that they found. The first day ended by assembling 365 pcs. So there are 4195 pieces to go. Here are few pictures:

DAY 2 ( Friday Jan 14th, 2011 ):

It was very hard to assemble more pieces. We had almost half of the puzzel's pieces into bowls as they match in color or design. The rest we had to align them beside each others to be able to find a specific piece. Still the frame edge very hard to assemble. We are thinking to do it for the first time from inside out. Hope this technique will work out.

Will post later how many were done and how many are left, as we are still working on it. As well as more pictures than the one posted above.