CaveDiver

But then, I think virtual caches are nonsense so don't ask me!

they have some kind of approval for scientific, educational or humanitarian reasons. Not much point to the embargo that I can see, but hey... maybe its a holdover from the missile crisis back in the 60s. Let's see... you guys play nice with Japan now, so eventually I'm sure you'll kiss and make up with Cuba too. Also, don't be fooled by travel agencies (some in Canada, too, which is embarassing) that tell you they've got a "loophole" whereby they take your money and mail you an all-expenses paid "invitation" to visit Cuba. According to good old Uncle Sam, that's a no-no as well. My buddies simply go and don't bring anything back... never had any problems as far as I've heard, but I'm sure there's a first time for everything. One last thing - as I understand it (and I may be wrong about this), its NOT illegal for Americans to go to Cuba... it would be unconstitutional (in the land of the free) to restrict a citizen's right to travel. Unfortunately, it IS illegal for a US Citizen to spend money while they're in Cuba! (I thought that was a great loophole myself, actually - way to go Uncle Sam!). Hopefully there are players from other countries represented on the Geocaching board, so I'm hoping for the best.

Sounds odd, right? But this guy refuses to acknowledge my emails or even the logs I"ve left on his cache sites... I mean, what can you DO with someone else's travel bug anyway?????? Anyone live in Texas that'd be willing to go see the guy for me?

Sounds odd, right? But this guy refuses to acknowledge my emails or even the logs I"ve left on his cache sites... I mean, what can you DO with someone else's travel bug anyway?????? Anyone live in Texas that'd be willing to go see the guy for me?

... you can still get to Cuba. Of course, it won't be as easy for you as it is for folks who don't live in the USA, but its still very straightforward. Just go to Mexico, Nassau, Jamaica or the Caymans and go from there! I have several diving friends who are from the US that do it all the time. Maybe someone could help me out here: the last time the United Nations voted to have the US remove the embargo on Cuba, only three countries voted in favor of the embargo - the US, Israel... and who was the third? Just curious. I guess since Florida gave Bush the election, he has to take care of his brother Jeb and make the Cuban-Americans happy right? PS - no, my cache is NOT worth going to Cuba for!

... you can still get to Cuba. Of course, it won't be as easy for you as it is for folks who don't live in the USA, but its still very straightforward. Just go to Mexico, Nassau, Jamaica or the Caymans and go from there! I have several diving friends who are from the US that do it all the time. Maybe someone could help me out here: the last time the United Nations voted to have the US remove the embargo on Cuba, only three countries voted in favor of the embargo - the US, Israel... and who was the third? Just curious. I guess since Florida gave Bush the election, he has to take care of his brother Jeb and make the Cuban-Americans happy right? PS - no, my cache is NOT worth going to Cuba for!

... (I think) the wife from CCC. They couldn't find my cache on the first go-round so I got a log report that was really annoying from them. I tried to communicate with her about it, but she really had a 'high and mighty' attitude... sort of a 'how dare you question me' approach. I particularly recall that she called me a "newbie", as if this was some sort of ultimate insult! I mean, good for them that they enjoy geocaching so much that they'll travel hundreds of miles... but she must have a waterproof GPS to carry it where I think she carries it (think about it, you'll figure it out - it has to do with being in a perpetually bad mood!). Didn't think about "Geocaching fraud", but I suppose anything is possible... especially with people that are just too deeply involved. I can't verify that they actually found my cache, but judging from the back-and-forth emails I'd say that they put a lot of time and effort into finding my cache. It was bordering on obsessive behavior, actually. I mean, they could have been a lot nicer about their logs but that's why God invented the delete key right? [This message was edited by CaveDiver on May 26, 2002 at 04:04 PM.]

Letterboxing comes from England, and they have an interesting 'twist' to the whole game of orienteering. Long story short, each participant has a rubber stamp with a personalized logo on it. When they find a cache, they "stamp" the logbook so the owner can see the stamps of all the people that have found their cache. Also, each cache contains the owner's personalized stamp... so each 'finder' can collect stamps of the caches they've found. What do you guys think?

Interesting game similar to Geocaching (but much older), participants have a rubber stamp that they use to log finds. Each cache also has the owner's stamp in it... so as you find caches you collect stampings in your log book. http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues98/apr98/letterboxing.html I wonder if this might catch on with Geocaches? I think I'll post this as a main topic, just to see if it gets results.

Not sure if any of you plan on travelling to Cuba in the near future, but if you're in the Havana area please look up my cache Cuba Libre. Let me know how it goes...