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AFTER ACTION REPORT: I have returned! Before I left I did a map recon. I checked out all the local caches to our apartment and I translated those on the computer w/the help of good ol' Google before hand. I printed off what I had researched and used that as a crutch. It was about 50/50 to those posted in Czech AND in English. Better safe than sorry. I also made a Czech Adventure List of various caches in the area and saved the off line data to my phone. Just in case. We paid 10$ extra on our phone plan to have internet the entire time there. Worked like a charm! All in all I was able to keep up w/my streak, found 20 during our vacation (more than I had expected), found the ones on Charles Bridge (WOOT!), found some super virtual caches and most importantly because of Geocaching I found some places even our Czech local didn't even know existed!! I also got their 10 year old twins hooked on the hobby. Every day they wanted to know if we were going to go "hunt for ghosts" (the virtual caches). What fun was had! Then, once we were back home at the airport , I hear; "You look lost!" I look up and it's Lackey gearguru! What a small world! P.S. NYPaddleCacher -- GREAT STORY! I had zero issues w/the authorities ... THIS TIME. |:0)

WOW! Thanks for all the replies! I seriously have some great info to travel with now! Here are my bullet replies: The Streak. I’m almost to 1,000 days. Trust me. I plan to cache while I am visiting. Geocaching is NOT the only reason I’m going. I adventure often and I understand how to “live in the moment”. Typically finding a daily find only take a few moments so why not keep doing what I enjoy while I’m traveling abroad. But hey! I also plan on working out every day I'm on vacation as well. Just because I'm away from home is no reason to get away from taking care of ones mind (geocaching is my daily sanity check) and body (exercise). If need be I plan to reach out to locals to work around the language barrier. Just like in the States people often approach strangers who seem to be "looking for something". Geocaching has led me to some of the most interesting places that I have never thought about going to. THIS is why I want to cache abroad. It’s not 100% about the streak but I will keep that number afloat ... all while seeing cool things. Like was stated; "WHY did some body place this HERE?" The obviously wanted to show you something (or to bring you to a guard rail). Either way I'm totally happy being brought to areas I normally wouldn't have thought of checking out. We have friends who live local, this is why we get to visit. I bet dollars to donuts I can beg for my Muggle friend who lives there to take me out once a day for Tupperware if I'm having issues. Who knows?! They may enjoy it just as much as I do. THANKS for the links to the Help Center. Didn’t even think of looking there. This helps a lot! Pocket queries. Got it! Got it! I’ll figure this out. I know have 48 days. I have used Lists before and these help and are great when I'm in the sticks w/o internet access! My Muggle husband works in the cellular field. He has me covered to make sure my phone and app will be up to par so I can use it. He hates the hobby but he is an enabler. He’s the one that brought up caching while we travel and reminded me to bring my GPS "just in case". He goes; “You can get an ‘over the pond’ souvenir now! Bet I can get you to Poland so you can get that one, too.” He is awesome. We will have access to laptops and internet I have a Garmin GPS PRINT THEM OUT before I go! GREAT IDEA!! Our hotel is right across the street from a park so if I’m lucky … there will be just enough for my stay and I can find them during my daily runs. SCORE! The links for maps are great, too! THANKS! I have traveled to over 15 countries already but I’m new to geocaching (I’m only 2 years old). I've only cached in Canada, BC before. Being a traveler I always respect customs and culture. I also learn a few phrases while I travel because I know it’s appreciated. dw; VERY helpful tips! THANKS! I didn’t think about using the website on my phone either, just the app. GOOD ADVICE! Translation app! Another great tip! I think I have enough info, links, suggestions, pointers and helpful tips to get me through caching abroad! I have a lot of homework to do now! This makes me even more excited to pack my bags and get after things. Thank you all so very much! dík!!! šťastný caching!!

Ugh. After 2.5 years I STILL don't know how to make pocket queries either! *bangs head* Guess I need to educate myself before I leave, huh? And all the caches I have done a recon on are all in Czech.

My Muggle husband just informed me that we get to go to the Czech Republic this year ... we leave for Prague in 49 day! I have never cached abroad before, I don't speak Czech (nor do I read it) and I have never used my GPS for geocaching (I'm an Android app girl). Can anybody give me some pointers on how to cache abroad? As dumb as it may seems I would really like to keep my streak alive while on this vacation.

^^WOW! What a cool trackable!! Thanks for sharing. GOOD LUCK BOB! I think it's a neat idea. If the creep factor it too high for some then they can just leave that TB sit for the next person. Hope the seal holds!

*GASP* HOLY CAT! That really sucks. Muggles are one thing but the whole ripping off of an entire cache? *flips table* Are you going to release more ducks? I'm w/ThistleMae as well. Always fearful that they will get ripped off. *sigh* I released them never-the-less. I have ZERO faith that any of mine will actually get to an event on the 20th. One thing that I've noticed is the COPY tags. I found one of those guys a few days ago and it's been traveling since 2005. Yet a trackable tags don't seem to go very far or last very long. That's what I've noticed. I'm new though, I'm not even a year old yet.

By chance is there a way to disable the clusters in the iPhone app? I can't seem to find that answer anywhere (so I apologize if this has already been covered). This option is not helpful to me.

I very much do NOT like this option either. It makes it very difficult to see when all you get is circled numbers. This doesn't help me out at all. Wish it was an option. If you like this display, you can select it. If you don't like this display, you can disable it. The more I use this new app the easier it has become for me but I will never get used to these circles.

Anybody having any luck w/their Duck TBs so far? I released all 7: 4 still sit, untouched 1 has been moved to another cache 1 is still traveling 1 was 'discovered' in a different cache than I placed it in and doesn't show up on the new cache's inventory ... and has been found several times since. If anything it's fun to watch them! In the meantime, waiting until 08/20 ... I guess. haha

^^^that was my question, too. I came here to see if anybody else had received their virtual pat on the back for joining the duck dash. Guess we sit and wait.

For me, its usually through Facebook. That's how I found out about it ... via Facebook. But this was on a geocoin fan page where somebody was trying to sell it. By the time I learned about it they were (of course) all gone. I did do a search and I found several in my area as well ... again, all in the hands of the owners. I still kept looking. Behold! I found one! In a normal geocache!! I'm going to release it soon after I complete my mission w/it (I shouldn't have it longer than a few more days then off it goes). Wonder how long it'll last before it gets stolen? This was the second promotional trackable that I've found in a container. The other one I found and released got stolen in the Freemont Troll cache and I'm still bummed about it. I don't want the owner thinking I was the one who stole it. To obtain a company trackable to activate and release? Yeah, that would be new to me as well.

I wish this was a map thing as well. It should be an option if anything. If you don't need it/want it ... have a selection in settings.