2018-04-16 10:49
Did I get into trouble while geocaching? Yes and no. At least I met a really friendly agent or officer? How are the cops working for the sheriff called? Ok let's start with the flood.A dead… Read More
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2018-03-16 09:47
This time I'm sharing another cool matrix you can try to fill, but before that let me show you one of the cool geocaches I came across just recently, while working on this matrix.The frog on… Read More
2018-03-13 07:10
When it comes to urban caches they are mostly tricky but there are a few hides that are typical; this is one of them.Hiding under the drain coverAs we were walking towards the coordinates we… Read More
2018-03-12 06:00
Let me start my new randomly posted information with some stories around the updates. First of all it is jsut sharing some of the matrix data available online for you to see statistics about… Read More
2018-03-11 07:42
And the day came again... I was traveling through Germany and this time on a route I never took before. As it was not me driving I could not pick the stops but I was lucky enough that we sto… Read More
2018-03-10 06:44
Back when I was a child I always enjoyed reading; nowadays? there are so many other things to do and working mostly behind a screen my eyes are just not into reading. But finding a geocache… Read More
2018-03-07 13:03
Now this one is a very common hiding technic. I should have showed a few of these previously, but somehow I just found one yesterday and immediately I decided to share. Mostly I share finds… Read More
2018-03-01 12:19
On a very cold weekend what is the best place to visit? Of course the beach, especially if you want to find a geocache as well. There are multiple beaches along the coast of the Netherlands… Read More
2018-02-28 06:20
It is always fun to search for a geocache at locations where the view is just amazing. This time I was in Singapore for business. I had some time before I could start working and lucky for m… Read More
2018-02-27 05:50
Who likes puppets? How about a museum full with them? somewhere in Taipei ... Unfortunately at the time I could go and search for the geocache the museum was already closed.Hanging out there… Read More
2018-02-26 06:27
There is a place you grew up, and there are places there which you do not visit or at least not regularly. But what can be a better reason to stop at some of these places then a geocache? No… Read More
2017-12-04 09:42
To get to this geocache I had to get off all the main roads. It was at the end of a small village, somewhere you would have no reason to drive to otherwise.Out if its hiding placeThe was thi… Read More
2017-11-30 12:55
Earlier I was blogging about some geocaches which could use a changing difficulty or terrain settings. This is also one of those geocaches.The geocache taken out of its hiding place...Yeah I… Read More
2017-11-28 18:01
Who said geocaching cannot be dangerous? On my last trip to Hungary I decided to slowly find all geocaches in the area where I need to go every quarter. The geocaches are not located to clos… Read More
2017-11-22 06:09
If you travel the same route long enough to get bored with it, there is nothing better than changing the stops or adding some at least once in a while. I regularly need to drive from the air… Read More
2017-11-21 06:06
How often do you come across a geocache where you can safely put down your oversized navigation system you might be using? In my case I just love to go geocaching with my tablet. Before you… Read More
2017-11-20 08:31
When they talk over big birds they mean airplanes. This is one of the oldest geocaches I found, to be more accurate it is so far my second oldest and at the time it was the first geocache I… Read More
2017-11-18 07:34
Some cities have a border trail, they are a kind of trails where they place the geocaches around a city's border. Now that itself is interesting, when you have a bigger city, but how about a… Read More
2017-11-17 14:43
I had some extra minutes during my weekend and I decided to use the new duck tape I just brought back from Memphis.Camouflaged for the woodsI saw this duck tape used on many geocaches in the… Read More
2017-09-06 06:23
Till today I did not know the English name of this river runnig across Rotterdam. One day we decided to search for as many geocaches as we can on an island in the middle of Rotterdam on the… Read More
2017-09-05 06:44
When the weather is bad and you are not in the mood to go out to find some geocaches... Wait a minute, can that happen? Seriously? No way ... Ok, so if you also like to read you might have y… Read More
2017-08-22 05:19
If there is one object I had to name in the Netherlands that you can find all different shapes, sizes and colors that could be the bridge. As there is so much water all over, all different s… Read More
2017-08-18 06:11
There are so many viewpoints along many of the roads we use in our areas. This one we drove by for the last nine or more years and never thought of stopping by ... till a geocache showed up… Read More
2017-08-17 07:17
One of my favorite hiding technic is hide a geocache in a bird house. This one I found in Tennessee while on the way to Jackson.A beautiful bird house, but not for birdsTo build a bird house… Read More
2017-08-16 08:50
After the first year of acive geocaching you start learning about the typical hiding technics. This is one of them, but with a small twist.The geocache and its logbookThe geocache itself is… Read More
2017-08-15 06:00
As the Mary Hyde challenges were still going on we kept on adding more smileys to the map in our neighborhood. This was one of them.The logbook in the boltRecently I made one, but that can b… Read More
2017-08-14 06:03
Have you ever heard about the geocache in Maastricht, the Netherlands? The one that is hidden in a safe? In a place that once used to be a bank? A geocache with more than 3000 favorite point… Read More
2017-08-13 06:33
A really busy day at work and around the house. A bit tired, but let's finish the day with some geocaches. This one was the first I picked to go after, not far from home, so a short drive an… Read More
2017-08-11 06:45
Now this is one of those geocaches that I heard of but never saw one personally till the day we were in Belgium on the road back to the Netherlands. It all started with let's stop at a geoca… Read More
2017-08-09 05:54
So far the coolest bird house, high up in the tree and a magnet is what you needed on the end of a stick, a long stick.The birdhouse with the magnet attached to the geoccheAs it might look s… Read More
2017-08-08 06:43
When the weather is nice, not too hot not too cold and you are travelling home or away from home what could be the best reason to stop? Yes, a geocache. Just to get more smileys on your map… Read More
2017-08-07 05:42
When you are in a foreign country searching for a geocache the worst could happen to you is you cannot find, you are not aware of all local law, not sure where you might enter end where not… Read More
2017-08-06 06:30
As we were staying in a hotel in belgium about an hour drive from the first geocache in France we had to get that. As this was also for a souvenir we just headed south, hoping for some nice… Read More
2017-08-05 06:52
We had a short trip to Belgium, down south part, close to Luxembourg and France. As part of the trip we did a few geocaches and collected two new souvernirs. The first geocache we found was… Read More
2017-08-01 05:59
Recently I just read some article online in a blog. It was about these hides so I thought it is time to share one more of these lamppost under the skirt hides from the US. This time from Mis… Read More
2017-07-31 05:15
There are so many smaller and bigger bridges in the Netherlands that of every second would hide a geocache I'm sure it would keep most geocachers busy for a few years. We started to turn mor… Read More
2017-07-30 06:08
There are geocaches you just don't find when you first search for them. This one was one of those, and this one was far from home, a few thousands kilometers far, and I still went back and f… Read More
2017-07-29 18:43
I recently visited the US and found many hides under the skirt, also called light pole hides. I was already back in the Netherlands when one day after work to get more of the missing days in… Read More
2017-07-28 08:12
The last few weeks I tried to go for geocaches on days that help me fill in my calendar. In many cases I just picked one that is in reach within a short time. The weather is not always too s… Read More
2017-07-27 12:50
Who said a geocache in an industrial area has to be a boring plastic box? It can hold the geocache but the log could also be in some Matryoshka doll to make it more fun. This we found not fa… Read More
2017-07-26 06:31
I'm curious if I will reach on these typical hides a three digit number. Here is the next one, this time it was closer to some urban area, at a crossing with a stop sign.Hiding in the safety… Read More
2017-07-25 05:59
New players mostly do not know what TB stands for and why are TB Hotels so cool and important. Let me start with the TB, that stands for Travel Bug, but in general all trackable items are re… Read More
2017-07-23 08:00
It is common to hide nanos in busy areas, especially when there are not many places to put the geocache. This geocache is part of a serie which is placed to mark historical monuments in the… Read More
2017-07-22 08:11
You only start to realize how many safety rails are out there when you start searching for the geocaches hidden on them. Most of them should have an attribute stating not kids friendly. Safe… Read More
2017-07-21 05:47
Isn't placing an ammo box at a cemetery a bit ironic? Ammo is designed to kill, so to me it is. My last day on a sunny morning in Mississippi and my goal was to find as many regular sized ge… Read More
2017-07-20 04:48
Another typical hiding location is the safety rails along the roads, streets, highways, parking-lots, etc. Mostly the container is held in place by magnet(s), just like this find.A magnetic… Read More
2017-07-19 06:42
This time in Tennessee at some dining place. I was just in a store across the parking lot when I finished I quickly checked and I saw there is one, not further than 50 meters from me. I had… Read More
2017-07-18 07:52
I looked this geocache up a lot before I went to Memphis. It is an ammo box hidden at a place which from above had already something to offer, so I could not go home without finding this.Amm… Read More
2017-07-17 06:46
This one was really one I gave a FAVO, it deserved it. A postbox to hide the geocache, what a brilliant idea, it is just out there for any muggle to see, however none really touches it.There… Read More
2017-07-15 20:16
One thing is always fun, finding an ammo box anywhere. This one was on private territory of the cache owner, but easily accessible from the road. I just parked, on the side of the road, walk… Read More
2017-07-14 11:12
How many times do you come across this situation? And how many times do you choose to explain the muggle why are you there? And how many time do you feel like you just have a new geocachers… Read More
2017-07-13 12:18
Spending a few days in the USA, this time in the Memphis area, Tennessee and Mississippi. As in the states there are many hides under the light post skirts the only big difference usually is… Read More
2017-07-11 10:54
Park and grab, at some point you want to find one of those, you want to get your longest streak up higher, or you just have a short time and still want to find one. But what do you call it w… Read More
2017-07-10 01:27
Light posts, US, what's next? Under the skirt? That is what my first guess was, and I was wrong. After an hour in a taxi to the airport then going through all steps to get to the airplane, f… Read More
2017-07-08 03:45
Not all under the bridge hides are difficulty and/or terrain five. Some are really a park and grab type, but some are nicer made than other, just like this one.The geocacheIt is no more than… Read More
2017-07-06 05:03
My wife and myself are not giving it up easily. This geocache was one of those had to go back and then again and once more, we had lots of headache thanks to this geocache. And yet is it any… Read More
2017-07-05 08:13
Some time ago I started to place geocaches at locations where you can find an abandoned building. The main idea was to get as many pictures as possible to follow how those buildings are take… Read More
2017-06-30 06:52
Let me see, what did I have this morning. Was it a hide at a high voltage location or a high stress? It all started when I decided to fill up the 366 days find matrix. I still have a lots of… Read More
2017-06-29 04:51
oh, uh, ah ... grass, and a green nano in between, already sounds a bit complicated to find, right? Not this time we found this within a minute, but the reason was only luck.That's all the g… Read More
2017-06-28 12:11
Another piece of a series I placed in Hungary. This time hiding just where many muggles would wait for the bus, right there, they could spot, but nowadays most people do not look around, the… Read More
2017-06-27 06:55
Another popular hiding technic in many countries is to put a geocache on a traffic sign or other signs.See it hiding?There are usually a petling inside the pole of the sign, but in many case… Read More
2017-06-26 06:03
In bushes and forests it is a typical way of covering up the geocache with branches and crust, this hide is one of those.The geocache uncovered.In the Netherlands it is common to have series… Read More
2017-06-25 06:12
Lucanus cervusLucanus cervus (male)Seen in: Regenye, Baranya County, HungaryDanger: Not really anyMore info: The one on the pictures is a male, which is bigger than the female and has t… Read More
2017-06-24 05:31
There is an unlimeted number of ways to hide a geocache and also to hide it in a branch of a tree. Some of them are more challenging than the others, check this out below.Just like there is… Read More
2017-06-23 06:22
When it comes to PET preforms, I always prefer to add some to them to make the hide a bit more fun to find. Here is my implementation of the sempervivum.The sempervivum on top of the cap.All… Read More
2017-06-21 06:00
Sunny afternoon, usual busy day at work, let's get outside. It is not so hot as the previous days, so it's time to find a few geocaches which are just there, but not many in the area.A happy… Read More
2017-06-20 06:58
Sunny day in Pécs, and I mean seriously a sunny one, at the end of the day I had a headache and burn on my head. But I won't remember that in a week from now, all that I will is how m… Read More
2017-06-19 05:17
Driving on A3 in Germany is not always fun, so far I cannot recall when the whole autobahn was without any closed lane, the only fun you can count on is that there are many geocaches hidden… Read More
2017-06-18 06:38
If you travel a lot in Germany and you want to save real euros you must know that with a few extra minutes the fuel prices can be a lot lower. All you need to do is get off the autobahn and… Read More
2017-06-17 06:14
I drive a lot, that is for sure. After a while you get so used to drive that you only stop for a few reasons but it is best if you stop more frequently, one way of geocaching helping drivers… Read More
2017-06-14 08:04
One more of these crosses along the road. This time the geocache was in a traffic sign, really dangerous to pick, for sure a no kids should go for it place.The geocache tied to the pole with… Read More
2017-06-13 05:09
Give me a reason to stop while driving 160km/h on the german highway. A geocache is a perfect reason, in most case you cannot park next to the container so that will also make you do some ex… Read More
2017-06-12 05:29
In Hungary many geocachers started to mark all the roadside crosses with a geocache. As I'm driving a lot around in many countries I started to keep an eye open to these crosses. I knew ther… Read More
2017-06-10 06:13
On a long trip from the Netherlands to Hungary we took A3 in Germany. Thanks to the local geocachers there are more and more geocaches on the autobahn. On each trip we try to pick one or two… Read More
2017-06-08 06:10
Some low difficulty geocaches still can be challenging. My daughter needed something from the closeby outlet center, it was a sunny day and also a public holiday so what could go wrong? We d… Read More
2017-06-07 07:16
On sunny days going out to play geocaching even in areas where you might get wet is fun. At least I enjoy it, even with knowing thanks to the water I'll get sunburned a lot more.Add captionT… Read More
2017-06-06 07:16
Some places are just not for everyone. Lots of people have some phobias. You can be afraid of height, different places, different animals, etc. A really common one is the spiders, I'm not to… Read More
2017-06-05 07:32
In some countries it is not allowed to hide geocaches under, in or around bridges. Lucky for us in the Netherlands it is ok to have geocaches all around these places. Close to where we live… Read More
2017-06-04 05:27
Oh, this was fun ... when you start playing geocaching you try to go for the lower difficulty and terrain, then based on your experience you increase what you give a try. This one was around… Read More
2017-06-03 04:39
When it comes to creating geocaches it always comes to my mind what would I love to see out there. One of the biggest problem is rolling up the logs. Especially when they are old, being out… Read More
2017-06-02 06:20
Another sunny day in the Netherlands, you cannot skip these days they are not so common as in some other places. We got our foldable bicycles into the trunk of the car and on the way to a se… Read More
2017-06-01 16:49
There are so many different implementations of tree branches to camouflage the geocache, this is another one of them.A hole with a petling glued in.Simple but efficient hiding technic here… Read More
2017-05-31 15:06
Any place is a good one to hide a geocache. This one was part of a serie in the Netherlands, and during the search we were suspecting one to be in the hole on the top of a pole which was par… Read More
2017-05-30 11:22
It looks like a common place to put a nano on the gates in the Netherlands. I remember one of our first nano we found only for the third try was also on a gate, but unfortunately I did not t… Read More
2017-05-26 11:43
In the Netherlands it is really popular to use carpool parking, and that brings the great idea of placing geocaches in carpool parkings as well. These geocaches can be found in all different… Read More
2017-05-25 18:04
Most ivy hides are evil. The reason is mostly as ivy grows fast and all over the place, and mostly covers a huge area. When I see in the hint the key work ivy I already start to worry, but a… Read More
2017-05-24 14:05
Some caches for non native English speakers could be a challenge in an English speaking area, especially when there is a key word in the name of the geocache or in the description that is ve… Read More
2017-05-22 06:21
This geocache is a perfect example of how to make the geocaching experience a huge fun. Creating geocaches for players that are not just a pill box, or a petling, but it is camouflaged the i… Read More
2017-05-19 06:47
I saw that you can order online different versions of the bolt&nut magnetic container, and I also found some of these geocaches earlier. They are fun, but as I cannot go out to search ev… Read More
2017-05-18 06:16
During my visit to Taiwan I learned some new ways of hiding a geocache. This one was one of them. Many areas seems to be with no place to hide anything, just like this huge park along the Ke… Read More
2017-05-15 10:32
On a sunny Sunday in Bracknell (UK) I had almost a full day to walk around and to find some geocaches. As I was on foot I decided to clear areas that has multiple in walking distance. This o… Read More
2017-05-11 11:53
No dogs.A nice urban cache I came across in Bracknell (UK). It is placed in an industrial, office area where not many traditional geocaches are located.The container is a plastic bag behind… Read More
2017-05-10 07:31
Another nano I found, this time in Bracknell, UK. This was the first cache I went after as this was the closest to the hotel I stayed. I was expecting some rain or sprinkling but lucky for m… Read More
2017-05-08 04:08
Sometimes you come across some nanos that just fun to find. This one was one of them. On a gate that actually did not close anything or did not seem to have any purpose.Can you spot the nano… Read More
2017-05-03 05:21
In Transylvania there is a typical gate used by the people. They have these type of gates at their homes, and villages that can afford also build one, and those have to be huge so that the b… Read More
2017-04-29 06:18
A great dinner and some walk and geocaching, that is what keeps your jet lag far away... At least that is what I was hoping for, but the truth is that none of them helped me on this trip. To… Read More
2017-04-23 18:30
As an animal lover it is always fun to find a geocache that has anything to do with animals. This one was floating in the water just like many other ducks in the area.A duck just hanging out… Read More
2017-04-21 09:35
This is not the first and I hope not the last of this kind of geocaches I found out there. All you need is a good old tree with a hole where your container fits easy and won't hang out, a sm… Read More
2017-04-20 04:59
Every country has its different quick to find cache type. In the Netherlands it is mostly the carpool caches. If you are on the way to some place and you want to get a quick hit, or just nee… Read More
2017-04-19 05:53
While out in a forest I like to take pictures of mushrooms. This time it was the geocahce, really visible, out in plain sight, but not from the path the muggles are walking on.Are they real?… Read More
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