uintahiker Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I've heard rumblings of the Diabetes TB's having goals to go to the 4 corners of the earth. Believe it or not, some of these corners don't have geocaches. What's the location your TB's going and how far away's the nearest cache? The one I got is headed to Oregon. I heard of one going to Burkina Faso. Unfortunately there's not a cache within 100 miles. Quote Link to comment
CacheNCarryMA Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I don't think they necessarily have to be placed in caches in the goal cities. They just need to meet the residents of those cities and post pics. Quote Link to comment
+ZSandmann Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Ucar, Azerbaijan Three caches in the whole country, all in the capitol, no where near Ucar, but I'm hopeful someone will create a cache just for my bug. Quote Link to comment
+Damenace Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I don't think they necessarily have to be placed in caches in the goal cities. They just need to meet the residents of those cities and post pics. If there is no caches in the city that probably means that there is not many cachers, therefore they would have no clue what you are trying to take a picture of them for. Still would be fun to explain. Quote Link to comment
+Team_Talisman Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 (edited) Hummm a hundred miles from nearest cache.... I live in Colorado and with the recent storms, most of the caches within a hundred miles are covered with snow.... So for the next couple months I set my limits to 100 miles away and more.... I see no problem with the goals..... Its not where it suppose to go, It is for awareness throughout the world.... Edited December 12, 2006 by Team_Talisman Quote Link to comment
+TrailGators Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Mine has to go to Xiongyue, China. Quote Link to comment
+teald024 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 The bug I received, "Yesan, Korea (South)" Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug," has this goal: "The goal for this Unite For Diabetes Travel Bug is to raise awareness of diabetes by traveling to Yesan and within Yesan, collecting photographs and geocaching logs along the way. Please log your visit and move me to a new geocache. " "This Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug is dedicated to the people in Yesan, Korea (South) who have been affected by Diabetes." There are 22 caches within 50 miles of N 36° 41.400 E 126° 50.400 For some reason I didnt think the TB would be activated when I recieved it. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I think the Navajo have a 4 corners that may be close enough. Quote Link to comment
+Night_Hawk Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 The one I got is headed to Oregon. You think thats bad. This T.B is named after Eugene Oregon and it's currently in...... South Africa Somehow I don't think it'll make it here Quote Link to comment
+ScoutingWV Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I think the Navajo have a 4 corners that may be close enough. If not, the Ute's might be agreeable ... Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I think the Navajo have a 4 corners that may be close enough. If not, the Ute's might be agreeable ... Did I just make my geography teacher roll over in her grave? Quote Link to comment
+dorkfish Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 The one I received is supposed to travel to Huangchuan. I looked it up & it's in China. Hope it gets there Quote Link to comment
+TheCollector Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Mines supose to go to "Gostivar, Macedonia" None is my city either only 14 in the entire country closest is like 100-200 miles away Quote Link to comment
+SUp3rFM & Cruella Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I've seen TB making unbelievable trips (like two around the world!). Why it wouldn't be possible to go to China? or from South Africa to USA? Quote Link to comment
+markz68 Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Mine is going to Jitra, Malaysia. There are 3 caches varying from 21 to 33 miles from that city. Not too bad. However, none of the caches have ANY finds and one of them was hidden in 2003. Quote Link to comment
Aushiker Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 I've seen TB making unbelievable trips (like two around the world!). Why it wouldn't be possible to go to China? or from South Africa to USA? Bugs and coins travel around the world all the time via various means such as people actually taking them with them from one country to the next, via sharing (e.g. World Traveller Release Register) and via the Stargate network. Plenty of options to help the bug achive its goals. Andrew Quote Link to comment
+jamrasc Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 The one we got wants to go to La Virginia, Colombia. Quote Link to comment
+Pie Slave Adventure Seekers Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 My GF recieved a diabetes TB with the goal of reaching Kyzyl-Suu, Kyrgyzstan which is N 7018.8 miles away from here!!! We saw the move "Borat" last week and this was the country in the movie he was supposed to be from. Very funny..Nearest cache to Kyzyl-Suu is 48 miles away and get this, The cache is a 0,5 liter glass bank??? Glass??? Sounds like the movie. I've heard rumblings of the Diabetes TB's having goals to go to the 4 corners of the earth. Believe it or not, some of these corners don't have geocaches. What's the location your TB's going and how far away's the nearest cache? The one I got is headed to Oregon. I heard of one going to Burkina Faso. Unfortunately there's not a cache within 100 miles. Quote Link to comment
+VirginiaGator Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 I have one headed to Pakistan. There aren't any caches around the particular city...zero! When you search a 100 mile radius, there are 5 caches. Hmmm. Maybe a few more can be placed? Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Sweet! I got 'San Luis de la Paz, Mexico' The nearest cache is 39 miles aways, placed in 2004 and has never been found. A confluence cache. http://www.aboutguanajuato.com/guanajuato/en/history.asp San Luis de la Paz, besides being lively, friendly and enterprising, is a city with spirit, proud of its past and still conserving its typical provincial flavour. Day by day, the people of San Luis de la Paz continue to discover and love this little corner of Mexico that optimistically promotes a devotion to hard work. In the rest of the municipality of San Luis de la Paz, you will find the opportunity to go back in time and to enjoy a rich variety of spots that are invitations to adventure, relaxation, meditation, the arts and study. Here you can admire aspects of natural beauty such as forests, waterfalls and grottos, as well as examples of colonial architecture, haciendas and the ruins of an old mining town. The northeast of the state of Guanajuato is little known to most people. The town of Mineral de Pozos was founded in 1576 and forms a part of the municipality of San Luis de la Paz. This old mining town, now an attraction thanks to its weathered beauty and the remains of its fabled past, is located only 9 km south of San Luis. Sounds like a place worth supporting Quote Link to comment
+Headstone Hunter 1 Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Mine is going to Ohrid, Macedonia. Ohrid, Macedonia. It is just north of Greece and east of Albania on the east side on Macedonian Lake coastline. There are only 5 Geocaches in the area, 3 of them found. Quote Link to comment
+EScout Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 I may have the opposite problem. Mine says Fairhaven, USA. Checking my S&T map program shows a Fairhaven in 9 states. Actually this may be fun traveling from one to the next Fairhaven. Quote Link to comment
+Traveling-Gnome Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Mine is going to Foso, Ghana..... Where the h@#$ is Foso, Ghana??? But at least mine gets to start in a nice place - Hawaii! Quote Link to comment
+GeoGix Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 So, when you get one of these particular tb's, they come with a destination already set? That's cool, I guess. I put in for one. I also ordered 4 of the regular TB's. I've got an idea for one of them. Not sure about the other 3. So what's the idea with the TB's then? I just go find a cache and leave the TB there? I start a NEW cache for the TB? and, I'm not supposed to start a new cache within a certain distance to another cache? ok, now, just as soon as UPS delivers my GPS, I'll get started. Weeeeeee Quote Link to comment
+the hermit crabs Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 I may have the opposite problem. Mine says Fairhaven, USA. Checking my S&T map program shows a Fairhaven in 9 states. Actually this may be fun traveling from one to the next Fairhaven. The one you have wants to go to Fairhaven, Massachusetts. (Send it my way! ) You can tell which Fairhaven it wants to go to by clicking the link at the end of the "About this item" text on the bug's page, where it says "View Geocaches Near Fairhaven". Quote Link to comment
Bryan Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 You think thats bad. This T.B is named after Eugene Oregon and it's currently in...... South Africa Somehow I don't think it'll make it here Hopefully it will make it to Eugene. For those of you who don't know, that particular Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug is just a little bit special. On, December 4th, 2006, the International Diabetes Federation launched the Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug Challenge by placing the Eugene, Oregon Travel Bug in the TF16 180° Sea geocache (GCWK3K). Clare Rosenfeld grew up in Eugene Oregon and she was the the first person to propose a UN Resolution on Diabetes. On December 4th, she handed over the Eugene Oregon travel bug to Dana Lewis who trekked to the top of Signal Hill in Cape Town, South Africa to place it, the first U4D travel bug, in the TF16 180° geocache. Quote Link to comment
+nekom Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Mine wants to go to Cukai, Malaysia. nothing within 100 miles, but there are caches in the country so I guess it can get somewhere near it. Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 (edited) I kinda like my Diabetes Awareness TB. I am painfully aware of diabetes myself since The Snoogstress and I were diagnosed with Type 2 almost a year ago. However, my awareness of Oyem, Gabon has been raised 100% Poor Gabon is one of the very few cachless countries. We need to form a CacheAid organization for countries that have no caches. Edited December 14, 2006 by Snoogans Quote Link to comment
+jackrock Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Mine is headed for Carballo, Spain. There are several active caches within a nearby radius. Plan to set it on its way in a few days. Hope it makes it. Quote Link to comment
+johninvandergrift Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 I've got one going from Pennsylvania to Sungurlu, Turkey. In spite of the fact that google maps doesn't even show roads there, I'm sure it's a wonderful city. Quote Link to comment
+samirsky Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 (edited) Bentong, Malaysia 18 caches within 100 miles. Not bad...although 8700nm from here. Good luck to the TB and may it raise much awareness. Edited December 15, 2006 by samirsky Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Bimbo, Central African Republic. No caches in the Country. I'm having trouble even determining the closest existing cache. I'm guessing a couple of virtuals in Cameroon, one of which has almost 40 visits. Quote Link to comment
+Team Snorkasaurus Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 Just received a Unite For Diabetes Travel Bug a few minutes ago. Its goal is to reach Armilla, Spain... Very cool! Fortunately, it looks like there are plenty of nearby geocaches. I certainly hope it makes it!!! Quote Link to comment
+hairball45 Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Mine is headed for East London, South Africa. Maybe it will meet that Eugene, Oregon bug someplace on the trail. East London does have a few caches, 14 to be precise. Onward, my little friend! hairball Quote Link to comment
+Cpt.Blackbeard Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I think the Navajo have a 4 corners that may be close enough. Quote Link to comment
+BlackBuck Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Wanlaweyv,Somalia Is this the badest tb out there or does someone have a more out of the way location for theirs? Quote Link to comment
+Eartha Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Merging this thread with one already open on the subject. Quote Link to comment
+nickzeke Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Geez... I got mine... it is headed for "Astrak, Armenia" There are no geocaches that have been found for 275 miles! And that one is in Iraq. The one that has not been found is in Georgia... The country. Hope it makes it. Quote Link to comment
+ePeterso2 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Mine wants to go to Kingston upon Hull or more commonly just "Hull". I have a friend who lives in Sheffield, which is reasonably close to there. I'm planning to send the bug to her so that she can place it in a local cache. Maybe I can even convince her to drive over to Hull to drop it. Quote Link to comment
+team5150 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 'Cherkasy, Ukraine' Looks like mine has some serious traveling to do....no caches within 100 miles when it gets there though. Quote Link to comment
+knoffer Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Anybody up for some FTF's in China?? The nearest cache to my Diabetes TB is over 100 miles. There is five unfound caches within 300 miles. Of course there is only 8 caches within 300 miles and one is temporarily diasbled. There is one 319 miles that has been unfound since placement June 23. 2002. Yep that's right unfound four over 4 1/2 yrs. That would be a great FTF. The closest cache hasn't been found since placed May 06. 2006. "Baoji, China" Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug is a Unite for Diabetes Travel Bug, traveling from Geocache to Geocache on a very specific mission. My current goal: The goal for this Unite For Diabetes Travel Bug is to raise awareness of diabetes by traveling to Baoji and within Baoji, collecting photographs and geocaching logs along the way. Please log your visit and move me to a new geocache. Quote Link to comment
+Frumious Jane Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Is there much of a geocaching presence in China? Clearly someone is making the caches...I got my TB today; it's headed for Ruma, Serbia and Montenegro. Sounds like three places, but no, it's only one. The nearest cache to this town is over 17 miles away, which isn't really bad, but no one has found it yet. Quote Link to comment
+N2TUN Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Look at it this way: There are 10's of thousands of us talking about diabetes. We are telling our friends and loved ones and coworkers about this effort. That is recruiting more geocachers and opening up a discussion about diabetes. A few thousand more summertime geocachers will pick up these bugs long after these discussions have died down and they will look up the bug and talk to people about diabetes. So what happens next? Maybe a percentage of these people will open their checkbook the next time they give to charity and they will give to diabetes. Maybe when a letter comes from a research foundation we will be more likely to send a few bucks. This is a subtle effort to keep something alive in your mind. We don't really need ads for McDonalds, I doubt there is a soul left in the USA who doesn't know about McDonalds ... but they advertise like crazy because at that critical moment in time when you make the decision to grab a burger they are hoping that their restaurants will edge out the competition in your mind because they were able to leave the last or best impression. Same with this promotion. Diabetes is becoming an epidemic in the US, and presumably the world. It is growing by factors, and yet we are fairly complacent because of the high tech treatments we have here in the US. Insulin pumps, oral meds, early detection etc. that the rest of the world may not enjoy. Read some of the stats on how fast diabetes is growing and you will feel doubly good about your efforts to promote awareness. My bug may not make it to Romania, but it may touch a lot of lives wherever it goes. That is the true goal! Todd Quote Link to comment
WanderingGirl Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 My travel bug wants to go to Bhaktapur, Nepal. There is one geocache 9 miles away, but only 7 geocaches in the whole country. It will be interesting where it will end up! Quote Link to comment
+Osoling Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Mine wants to go to Gbongan, Nigeria. That is 5500 miles away from my house, and 335 miles away from the nearest cache. I hope it's happy kicking around Tampa for a little while! Quote Link to comment
+Osoling Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Look at it this way: There are 10's of thousands of us talking about diabetes. We are telling our friends and loved ones and coworkers about this effort. That is recruiting more geocachers and opening up a discussion about diabetes. A few thousand more summertime geocachers will pick up these bugs long after these discussions have died down and they will look up the bug and talk to people about diabetes. So what happens next? Maybe a percentage of these people will open their checkbook the next time they give to charity and they will give to diabetes. Maybe when a letter comes from a research foundation we will be more likely to send a few bucks. This was a good reminder. Thanks Quote Link to comment
+cazray and Mrs.caz Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 Got mine in the mail today-going to Les Pennes-Mirabeau,France. There are 80 caches in a 50 mile radius. Quote Link to comment
+stink bug crew Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 SBC retrieved our 'Unite for Diabetes Travelbug' from the PO Box today. I wasn't really certain if we would receive one or not, but I'm happy that we did. I have read most of the logs, and it's likely that some of them won't reach their goal, but I also agree, that awareness is the primary goal of all of these TB's. The one that we received, has the destination of "Kanzaki, Japan". It might actually have a chance of arriviving there too, because a personal TB that was supposed to stay in the Kansas City area, travelled to Japan, so we'll see. A geocacher in Japan, saw this TB's goal, and it is back in the KC area again. Anyway, I think these travelbugs will be moved along. Most of geocachers I've met, are good people, and will help to move these along. We think it will be fun to track their progress where ever they go, and see how many reach their goals. This is a unique opportunity for all of us, to launch these TB's, and make this small contribution towards Diabetes Awareness. Thanks from SBC. Quote Link to comment
Jen_and_John Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Yeah, I don't think mine is making it to its goal anytime soon. Goal: Bhagalpur, India There are 24 caches in all of India :S I have no idea where that town is in relation to any of them. Quote Link to comment
fod321 Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 mine has to get to columbia where there are 5 caches in total and only one that has ever been found. Bit of a impossability! Quote Link to comment
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