New Country Souvenirs coming

[+NYPaddleCacher]

For those that don't read the Country Collectors thread...

 

In case you haven't heard of it yet there was announcement in the GS blog that there are some new country based souvenirs coming. The first one is for Croatia. There will likely be lots of suggestions for other countries so I figured a dedicated thread made sense.

 

In an comment to that blog post wrote, a lackey wrote:

 

We hope to have Souvenirs for every country at some point in the future! -Janelle

 

http://www.geocaching.com/blog/2014/12/croatia-souvenir/

[+Roman!]

Mexico, I have 1 find there.

[+Titus Adduxas]

About time too; great news. Ive found caches in Croatia, Montenegro, Italy, Greece and The UAE to name but 5 without souvenirs so far. ?

[+NYPaddleCacher]

About time too; great news. Ive found caches in Croatia, Montenegro, Italy, Greece and The UAE to name but 5 without souvenirs so far. ?

 

For countries in which I've found a cache but no souvenir available it's Italy, Belgium, Vatican City, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Turkey and UAE.

[+usyoopers]

Mexico, I have 1 find there.

 

We also need Mexico and Italy!

Edited December 4, 2014 by usyoopers

[Moun10Bike]

Italy was announced today: http://www.geocaching.com/blog/2014/12/geocache-geocache-wherefore-art-thou-juliets-balcony-gc49t24-geocache-of-the-week/

[+jpbarr]

I have been asking for one for Estonia for a couple of years now, I even offered to design it Any chance?

[+Sharks-N-Beans]

These please, but no big deal if it doesn't happen:

 

Chile 5

Antigua and Barbuda 5

Brazil 4

Guatemala 2

[+Great Scott!]

Will we be getting a USA Souvenir anytime soon?

[+Panther&Pine]

Will we be getting a USA Souvenir anytime soon?

I think the state ones are more than sufficient.

[+The Jester]

Will we be getting a USA Souvenir anytime soon?

I think the state ones are more than sufficient.

Until you get all 50 states, then a USA one would be great.

[+Ma & Pa]

Will we be getting a USA Souvenir anytime soon?

I think the state ones are more than sufficient.

Until you get all 50 states, then a USA one would be great.

51 with DC

[+funkymunkyzone]

Here are my requests:

 

China

Bahamas

Thailand

Botswana

Belgium

Singapore

Jamaica

Samoa

New Caledonia

Lichtenstein

Italy

Cook Islands

Monaco

Zimbabwe

Cuba

Vanuatu

Zambia

Andorra

Lesotho

 

[+FunnyNose]

Here are my requests:

 

China

Bahamas

Thailand

Botswana

Belgium

Singapore

Jamaica

Samoa

New Caledonia

Lichtenstein

Italy

Cook Islands

Monaco

Zimbabwe

Cuba

Vanuatu

Zambia

Andorra

Lesotho

 

 

I second your Lesotho and raise you a Swaziland

[+Panther&Pine]

Will we be getting a USA Souvenir anytime soon?

I think the state ones are more than sufficient.

Until you get all 50 states, then a USA one would be great.

51 with DC

52? With Puerto Rico?

[+tozainamboku]

Will we be getting a USA Souvenir anytime soon?

I think the state ones are more than sufficient.

Until you get all 50 states, then a USA one would be great.

51 with DC

52? With Puerto Rico?

53 with Guam?

 

Oooh! shiny pixels

[+terratin]

Qatar! With an oryx

 

And otherwise I'd prefer a randomizer like I mentioned in the thread of the website forum. Let GS randomly chose a souvenir publically in their blog, and then they can write how many people qualify, how many caches there, how many logs, etc.

 

Oh, does anyone know those pannini or D'agostini sticker collection books? I'm getting ideas

[+niraD]

51 with DC

52? With Puerto Rico?

53 with Guam?

Oh, let's get this over with. To match the extra "state" quarters, we could also include American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands (for a total of 56). And to be complete, we could also include Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Navassa Island, and Wake Island, although geocaches aren't allowed on all of them.

[+hzoi]

Was hoping to see Hrvatska in our souvenir page, but not yet. Per a lackey post to the blog:

 

All the souvenirs we will be announcing in the next few weeks will get auto-rewarded to your profile on December 22nd!

[+Viajero Perdido]

I've cached in more Mexican states than Canada has provinces. Even one souvi for the whole country would be nice, thanks.

[+Uncle Alaska]

I've cached in more Mexican states than Canada has provinces. Even one souvi for the whole country would be nice, thanks.

 

Agreed

[+NYPaddleCacher]

Will we be getting a USA Souvenir anytime soon?

I think the state ones are more than sufficient.

 

I agree. A US souvenir for finding a cache in all 50 states would have to be implemented a bit different than other country souvenirs and would be somewhat compute intensive. I'd rather see souvenirs for places that don't have one at all. For example, there are no souvenirs available for any country in central or South America and only one for a country in Africa (South Africa).

[+Andromeda321]

I agree- I think it would be great if they devoted their resources to a few souvenirs outside the traditional Western countries. It just seems weird that there's nothing at all in the Americas south of the USA for example!

 

I also think I'll believe it when I see it when Groundspeak bothers to make souvenirs for the less developed countries. Just not worth their while in the countries where you might only have one or two caches for hundreds of miles.

[+CanadianRockies]

I think it would be great if they devoted their resources to a few souvenirs outside the traditional Western countries.

I think it would be great if they devoted their resources to a few projects other than souvenirs. But I'm not much of a fan of souvenirs.

[+Michaelcycle]

I'll be happy to see Italy added to my list. Of the 15 or so countries that I have visited that do not have souvenirs I would like one for China. But I agree that the lack of a South America country is a glaring omission. How about Ecuador, the home of the Galapagos?

[+NYPaddleCacher]

I think it would be great if they devoted their resources to a few souvenirs outside the traditional Western countries.

I think it would be great if they devoted their resources to a few projects other than souvenirs. But I'm not much of a fan of souvenirs.

 

I'm not a fan of souvenirs based on finding a cache on a specific day but these are country based souvenirs, something that a lot of people have asked for.

[+NYPaddleCacher]

I'll be happy to see Italy added to my list. Of the 15 or so countries that I have visited that do not have souvenirs I would like one for China. But I agree that the lack of a South America country is a glaring omission. How about Ecuador, the home of the Galapagos?

 

Let's face it. This thread is going to get a lot of posts from people asking for a souvenir for a specific country. Generally it will be because they've found a cache in that country.

 

I'd like Italy and China as well. Unfortunately I don't think China will get one for awhile. There aren't a lot of caches in China and it's probably not high on the list for a lot of geocachers as a tourist destination. I've been there twice on business, and only to Beijing but there are a lot of amazing places to see there.

[+#Tenzin]

I would like to see that Belgium gets a souvier too.

A lot of people/Geocachers live there.

And it is a busy country.

Edited December 7, 2014 by #Tenzin

[+terratin]

Who knows... Belgium would certainly be welcome.

 

Maybe GS is making fun of us and we get

Croatia

Italy

Somalia

Yemen

Irak (no military bases)

North Korea

[+speakers-corner]

Is it possible for Cachers to submit a souvenir of a country to GS. If there are multiple submits for one country GS could then choose one and publish it. Interactive help from cachers to GS .

[+terratin]

GS said earlier they don't want that. I think it had to do with people potentially leaving an easteregg inside that image.

I guess that the new souvenirs are photos of some major tourist sites also goes a bit in that direction: GS can be sure it doesn't use something some people of that country don't want to be associated with. I think there was some minor tumult about the French chicken and the Swedish pony.

[+-CJ-]

After I've read numerous threads/posts about country souvenirs I decided that the question about a souvenir for Russia should be closed. It makes little sense to me to do any requests on the matter for other countries too. We've already agreed around here that these souvenirs are just occasional gifts; we take them with gratitude and like them being in our profiles but have no expectations beyond this point.

[+Viajero Perdido]

I think there was some minor tumult about the French chicken and the Swedish pony.

...and the Saskatchewan mountain.

 

(Anybody who's been there will appreciate the humour in that concept...)

[+jellis]

A friend of mine is still hoping for Dubai. She travels over there alot. Me I'd be happy with the Bahamas because besides Canada and the US that is the only other country I've cached in.

Edited December 9, 2014 by jellis

[+NYPaddleCacher]

A friend of mine is still hoping for Dubai. She travels over there alot. Me I'd be happy with the Bahamas because besides Canada and the US that is the only other country I've cached in.

 

I wouldn't mind seeing a UAE souvenir either. I was there about a month ago and bought a souvenir Dubai t-shirt so a digital souvenir for my find there (I only got 1 during an overnight layover) would be nice as well. There are a few Caribbean islands like the Bahamas, Puerto Rico and Jamaica where quite a few cachers would like to see a souvenir but most of the other probably don't see a lot of geocachers. On the other hand, Ethiopia probably doesn't see a lot of geocachers either but at least they've already got the artwork created so why not?

[+terratin]

Am I the only one checking the blog every day just to see if a new souvenir is revealed?

[+cheech gang]

Am I the only one checking the blog every day just to see if a new souvenir is revealed?

 

yes

[+The A-Team]

Am I the only one checking the blog every day just to see if a new souvenir is revealed?

Yes. Rather than check every day, I just signed up for alerts when new posts are added.

 

...that's how I just learned that the next souvenir to be announced is:

 

Mexico

 

So much for my earlier theory. They've gone off the board for this one, so who knows which countries the remaining three will be.

[+terratin]

yay, another souvenir for me then I think our first caches abroad were in Mexico.

Edited December 10, 2014 by terratin

[+RenMin]

How bout Dominican Republic? Probably the only country outside the U.S. I will be able to get. That's my only vote.

[+Da Wards]

We will benefit from Croatia and Italy souvenirs so far this time around. Just for fun we will predict the last three will be Morocco, Peru, and Indonesia

[+NYPaddleCacher]

We will benefit from Croatia and Italy souvenirs so far this time around. Just for fun we will predict the last three will be Morocco, Peru, and Indonesia

 

I'm not surprised that Mexico is going to get one. My guess for the next three countries is:

 

Belgium

Estonia

Romania

[+The A-Team]

As expected by many of us, Belgium has now been announced.

[+terratin]

Great! That's three new souvenirs for me so far Thanks GS

Hmm. they're not showing the actual souvenir yet, but still nice to have Belgium in the collection.

 

We wanted to go on vacation in Croatia this year, though early on we moved much further east, and SE Asia just is the better vacation destination now Not many souvenirs there, unfortunately, though Thailand might just be a good candidate, seeing how popular it is for traveling.

[+hzoi]

Hmm. they're not showing the actual souvenir yet, but still nice to have Belgium in the collection.

 

They are only being announced right now; it looks like all six will go into effect on 22 December.

[+terratin]

No, I mean during the previous announcement they showed what I assumed is the actual souvenir: a tourist site with a somewhat ornamental edge around it. It's still missing for Belgium

[+thelanes]

Any thoughts on a 12-13-14 souvenir? This date alignment will not happen again for 97 years, so a little recognition for cachers that found a cache or attended an event would be fun.

[+diosma1]

@thelanes To be honest there would not be much point as not many countries use that date format (instead it's 13 (day)-12(month)-14(year).

[+The A-Team]

The next souvenir is:

Brazil

[+FunnyNose]

Cool So far I'm 5 for 5

 

The next souvenir is:

Brazil