Wednesday, December 28, 2005

My 2nd geocache find! Blind Man's Bluff, GCPH68. (Pictures at bottom).

Left the house at 0945hrs to find a cache somewhat near to my house, about 3km away. Cycled there of course. Reached ground zone(GZ) about 1010hrs, spotted the clues on the lampost, ''nr11'' and ''circles''. NR11 turned out to be the lampost number while circles refered to the nearby construction for the circle line project, which was a train line construction.

Decided to go in by the other way as it did not look promising from the main road. The grass was up to my ankles, and since it was in the morning, still wet with dew! Wish I had worn track pants on this hunt. Had my shoes damp after that and fearful of the ants and spiders and other crawling insects that were in the grass. Eeeks! Had to hop in and out of the GZ about seven times!

After a long search of about 45 mins and being misled by some logs, finally found the cache by pure luck! Excitedly got the cache to the pavement and sat down to write log and exchange things.

Took: Elfel Tower keychain
Left: Anti-drugs campaign collar pin

Saw a nasty accident on the road while cycling back home, car bonnet smashed up, fire engine and fighters in attendance. Pictures and a short video of all the ''kaypohs'' aka busybodies below.

Blind Man's bluff can be found on the official geocaching website, here's the link to cache: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=bfc8ca3f-70f5-4571-aed7-1b7a16013fef

Some pictures of the cache:

Clue 1, NR 11:

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Clue 2, circles:

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View of GZ from road:

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Cache in hiding:

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Cache uncovered:

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Cache contents:

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Posing with the geocache paper:

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Nasty accident, car bonnet smashed (front view):

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Car bonnet smashed, side view:

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Video of the aftermath of the accident - wreckage and all the busybodies watching (from youtube):

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Tuesday, December 27, 2005

My FIRST geocache find! Red Ant Hill, GCKHC5. (Pictures at bottom)

Armed with my newly bought Garmin GPSMAP60C, I set off in the sweltering heat on bicycle to the nearby Bishan Park, about 2km away from my zone at 1230hrs. With the GPS leading the way, I headed to the ground zone (GZ). All eager and excited to get my 1st cache in the bag, I locked my bicycle to a lamppost before trekking up a small hill. (Actually only 15m[45ft] away).

Searched the area for the cache, climbed up the overhead bridge to get a better look. Met an ''ah mah''(old lady) with bags of food from the wet market. Gave me a rather cold stare. Alas, could see nothing of course. Read the logs again, went down the hill into thick vegetation, with ants, spiders and thick-leaved plants before deciding that I was heading in the wrong direction. Started to move up the hill again when, aha! Remembered a clue and checked under the bridge. Found the cache!

I hurriedly whisked the geocache away from the GZ and sat down on the concrete bench to check out what exactly a geocache looked like and contained. Was amazed at the number of things inside the cache and read some of the logs. So...this is what a geocache was. Snapped a few photographs, sealed back the cache and returned it back to is hiding place. Clocked in 30 minutes.

Contrary to what I had imagined, this cache had red ants only on the railings of the overhead bridge, but the actual site had some red ants. But I've seen worse than that.

Quite proud of myself to have accomplished a successful geocache find. Cycled home quickly, the now forbidding sky threatening to deposit its load...

Took: Nice smelling, heart shaped swissotel bath soap.
Left: Oreo biscuit (SEALED packet of three) and a singtel magnet.

''Red Ant Hill'' geocache can be found on the official geocaching website, here'sthe link:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=adadda74-1884-4530-920c-012e5d92eea8

And of course. The pictures:

The ground zone, with view of the cache hideout:
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Another view of the cache area, with small downslope with leafy plants in background:

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Close up on cache in hiding area:

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Items in the cache:

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Items in the cache (close up):



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Travel bug in cache (front):

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Travel bug in cache (back):

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Leaflet attached to travel bug (front):

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Leaflet attached to travel bug (back):


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Posing with the cache:

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The ''local resident''?

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