+MAntunes Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Some time ago (August) I had an amusing experience when a I searched a cache placed by a cople of Hungarian geocachers in the most westerly point of Europe - "Cabo da Roca" in Portugal; QUOTE "Snake found!... Yes! Before I find the cache, when I was seeking for it in the terrain, one snake appear just in front of my face! She scared me ...but thinking twice, she ran away scared with me too! About the hunting, this time I did it alone (my companions preferred the swimming poll...). So, I started at 18H00 starting from Camping "Praia Grande" and drive to "Cabo da Roca" where I arrive and went to the Souvenirs shop where I took a coffe and bought an item to put in the cache. After that, I switched the compass orientation from GPS course to magnetic and started to walk.... down and down and down... While I was seeking for the cache, 3 unexpected things occurred; the snake, a pair of lovers and ...another geocacher! Yes! It was a singular hunt! While I was registering the visit, someone appear asking if I was geocaching! Said yes and the person (Galveias if I recall it well) told me that it's his first hunt - A new Geocacher has arrive! Welcome! In the cache, I found the litle porcelain chair I left in Last home of Gerturdes cache.... a new kind of Travel Bug? I left the item bought on "Cabo da Roca" (some kind of swiss knife with only tree/four features and the word Portugal) and took the pictures book about Budapest. I also read some words in the Hungary book and I found one sentence, in pages 89-90, that didn't like at all; - ... this region (Wunderlich) probably produces the best Kékoporto (Blauportugieser), a wine for drinking rather than for keeping... -. It seems that the Oporto Wine is produced in Hungary too... Well, besides that, it was a great cache and my compliments to the author. As suposed, cache in trash out. ENDQUOTE MAntunes Manuel Antunes Quote Link to comment
+geospotter Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Sounds like you had a good time! Great story, thanks for sharing it. geospotter Quote Link to comment
+hbrx Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 quote: a cache placed by a cople of Hungarian geocachers in the most westerly point of Europe - "Cabo da Roca" in Portugal; Mainland Europe at least Both Ireland and definitly Iceland is 'westernmore' than Portugal. Exercise; Find iceland on a world map. Find the westernmost point, and head South. Where do you hit land again? hbrx. Quote Link to comment
+bitbrain Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 quote:Originally posted by hbrx:Exercise; Find iceland on a world map. Find the westernmost point, and head South. Where do you hit land again? You may hit a rock in the eastern Azores or Cape Verde Islands, but most likely it'll be Antarctica before you hit land. Cool. - If the cat had kittens in the oven, we wouldn't call 'em biscuits. - Quote Link to comment
+hoovman Posted December 13, 2002 Share Posted December 13, 2002 quote:Originally posted by hbrx: quote:...most westerly point of Europe - "Cabo da Roca" in Portugal; Mainland Europe at least Both Ireland and definitly Iceland is 'westernmore' than Portugal. Exercise; Find iceland on a world map. Find the westernmost point, and head South. Where do you hit land again? quote:Originally posted by bitbrain:You may hit a rock in the eastern Azores or Cape Verde Islands, but most likely it'll be Antarctica before you hit land. I learn such cool things on this site! Quote Link to comment
+MAntunes Posted December 14, 2002 Author Share Posted December 14, 2002 Well.... these last ones aren't exactly the kind of replies I expected to get to my post in this section of the Forum... About the Geographic issue... It seems that the contestator has his reason... When I wrote that setence I was reproducing part of the cache's text without checking... ( http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=31277 ) For me it has no importance if "Cabo da Roca" is the most westerly point of the Europe or not... I won't live better either way.... So, if someone has any interesting comment/repply about my post... feel yourself comfortable to post it. Regards, MAntunes [This message was edited by MAntunes on December 14, 2002 at 02:03 AM.] [This message was edited by MAntunes on December 14, 2002 at 02:04 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+Trudy & the beast Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 quote:Originally posted by MAntunes:Well.... these last ones aren't exactly the kind of replies I expected to get to my post in this section of the Forum... I was surprised by these responses as well. These readers lost the point of your story. A story, I might add that is worthy of sharing. I am sure that you will have many more to share. We are looking forward to reading them. T&tb Quote Link to comment
+Smitherington Posted December 14, 2002 Share Posted December 14, 2002 I have not had any encounters like that. Very interesting. I remember reading where one guy came upon a bear here in Michigan when he was hiding a cache. He decided to put it some other place. I have encountered other geocachers at three of my 100 geocaches. Now I have a statistic. 3% of the time I encounter geocachers at a geocache. I would like to try geocaching in Europe and I will tell you if I find a snake. Thanks for the story. Smitherington David J. Brown Quote Link to comment
+MAntunes Posted December 14, 2002 Author Share Posted December 14, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Trudy & The Beast: I am sure that you will have many more to share. We are looking forward to reading them. Not so many... only anotherone deserves to be shared. I posted it under the title "The cache hunt that turned into an Archaelogical lesson..." Enjoy it Manuel Antunes Quote Link to comment
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