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:
Another view of the cache area, with small downslope with leafy plants in background:
Close up on cache in hiding area:
Items in the cache:
Items in the cache (close up):
Travel bug in cache (front):
Travel bug in cache (back):
Leaflet attached to travel bug (front):
Leaflet attached to travel bug (back):
Posing with the cache:
The ''local resident''?
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:
Another view of the cache area, with small downslope with leafy plants in background:
Close up on cache in hiding area:
Items in the cache:
Items in the cache (close up):
Travel bug in cache (front):
Travel bug in cache (back):
Leaflet attached to travel bug (front):
Leaflet attached to travel bug (back):
Posing with the cache:
The ''local resident''?
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