bike-nut

In 2013 my wife and I took a river cruise from St Petersburg to Moscow. We found caches along the way and thouroughly enjoyed the cruise and the geocaching experience. Tho only place I felt nervous was looking for a cache in the Red Square right in front of the changing of the guards. I felt that I was being watched closely...LOL.

I just got back from a Cuba vacation. A warning to all cachers. You are NOT permitted to bring a GPS into Cuba. Mine was seized by customs at the airport and after an hour of paperwork by the customs agent I was permitted to enter the country. Apparently no device that can communicate with a satellite is allowed. SAT phones, and walkie talkies also are banned. It took me over an hour to claim the gps when I left Cuba including having to pay a fine of 34 CUC (about 35.00 US) to have the privilege to get it back. The funny thing is that smart phones are allowed and with ours we were still able to cache when we were there.

The app works poorly for me as cell phone coverage in my area can be spotty. I just purchased the Magellan Toughcase thinking that would cure the problem but it makes caching with the Iphone now impossible. It simply does not update the distance to the cache while walking. I really hope there is a software fix for that or I just bought a paper weight.