2010年8月28日 星期六

8/28 上海走路尋寶 Day 1

上海出差第五天,欣逢星期六,開始計畫我的 Shanghai walk-to-cache Day 1。計畫利用上海地鐵,然後步行到寶點。一大早快快起床,買了地鐵的一日卷,開始了忙碌的一天。


It's a Bird! It's a Plane! (China)
Wow, all my first 3 caches in Shanghai are all virtual one. I must be one of kind who play safe.

The park is really unique. It is surrounded by skyscrapers and kind of peaceful with ham-ham voice in the background. This reminded me one of my hidden cache in Taiwan.

Thanks ooga booga for a nice hidden place.

It's Skyscraper.


The Park



The Most Magnetic Place in Shanghai
Yes, my first real cache in Shanghai.

Today, it is my Shanghai Walk-to-Cache day one. I cached with my own foot, the only vehicle used is Shanghai Metro. I bought one-day-ticket which is very economic for a foreign geocache like me.

When I was solving puzzle of this cache, I found my final location displayed in Google Map looks suspicious. I couldn't help to send an email for help. Fortunately, I know what's wrong then. Thanks to my geocacher friend Jing, he reminded me that I must unplug my China map, otherwise, it will have 500 meters error. It's really truth. I cannot image if I don't have his advice before hunter.

The river look from this side is also very beautiful. Fortune of me, Shanghai is cloudy today and there are not so much muggles today. I could have an easy search. However, I found the log is gone, and one of cap of cache is also gone. What is left is only two magnets in a top cap. I checked those photos I know I have found it. The cache may need some maintenance.

Thanks Jessie & mikecoup for the cache, I enjoy the walk by riverside very much.

The Cache, Log is gone.



Sit back and relax
Continue my Shanghai walk-to-cache Day One.

Walking from metro station to GZ made me feel like I walking in USA. Not just people walk around here are quite foreigners. But also, the buildings and neighborhood here look like USA style. I guess there must be lots of foreigners live here.

I found the the magnet is gone, and instead a sticker is used. But the sticker looks like a garbage to me. I searched my backpack found nothing useful for this situation. But fortunately, at last I found a sticker on my facial tissues container, which is transparent and stronger for holding.

Thanks Ryan & Derek for the cache. The school looks peaceful. And I have a good rest to my food at the bench.

The Log


The Magnet is Gone


Peaceful School with Green Green Grasses



One for the kids
Happy Wedding to Josa & Ye!

Wow, today must be my luck day. When I was in front of entrance of gateway. I don't believed I could pass. Because of four security guys. I hanged down my head and walked forward to them. Magically, they didn't see me, I felt myself like Harry Potter with invisible coat. After I got in, GPSr lead me in front of a building. and I realized that there is a wedding. Thanks to bridge and groom.

When I was on the second floor. It's not a business time, so no one was there. I dared not to search anything, I may be arrest. I headed down to an office room. I saw a beautiful girl sitting there. I told her who I am a geocacher, and why I here to seek for a cache. Binge! She knew with a positive "Oh" sound. She is not sure where the cache is, but after I showed the description to her. She help me to find the cache. Nice! I'm too happy to ask for a picture with her. Must be in her working time, she kindly refused to do so. But it's OK, I were too happy already.

Thanks to the Chen Family, the happy new couple and the beautiful girl, this is a very unique experience of my geo hunting. It's worth all the walk.

I took a Geocoin out and left a Geocoin in.

The Happy Wedding


The Happy Man


The Happy Log



Shooting stars among the trees
Continue my Shanghai walk-to-cache Day One.

Yark! As cache owner told in description, the river looks so dirty. I dared not wash my hands there. However I saw two swimming muggles there enjoying cold summer time. They must be very strong.

The hint from owner did a good job, I found the cache without difficulty. Like I always said in my home town Taiwan, I like an easy cache more than a difficult one. And this is my first time to see the official cache container. It's so tiny and beautiful, nice and good!

Thanks ShanghaiBill for the cache!

The Cache I Never Saw Before


A pity, I didn't meet the previous hunter.



Football in the park!
What a park, it is so big.

At beginning, I felt strange. Why an entrance to a park cost 10 RMB. But after I walked in the park. I realized, yes it is worth. At the entrance, I found the cache is more than 1 km away from me. And it's quite a walk to the cache. Fortunately, it's very cool in park.

I took some time to search at GZ. After 30 minutes, I felt giving up, because I could not find any electronic box. Only I saw are a lots of electronic stone. Then I peek the box (numbered as 3rd one). I climbed across to it. Unexpectedly, one loving couple is interrupted by my sudden appearance. I felt sorry. I peek at them, they looks at me suspiciously, because I was lying down on the ground look at the electron box. I could not find any. So I opened up the box, I realized why every body kept saying not to push it too hard to put it back and why every body mention water. But badly, even I opened up the box, I check it carefully. I could not find the cache. I recheck and recheck it again, nothing is found. I

Thanks to CowboyChris for such a beautiful park. Please tell me, if I searched a wrong box. I may not visit it again recently. But there may be a day that I will.

Nice Park


Electron Stone



Happy Baby01-Shanghai
Continue my Shanghai feel-so-tired walk-to-cache Day One.

After hunting in Century Park, I felt so exhausted. I planed to call it a day. But it is only 4:30 PM. It did not met my hunting tradition, always hunt until there is no light. So, I pick an easy one. Thanks to cache owner, who describe so detail that I'm appreciated so much.

When I walked up hill, I saw a man squatting near GZ. I though he is a hunter, I'm kind of excited to approach him. But when I were near, he is shocked by my appearance, and gone immediately. Well, he is just a stealthy muggle. The cache is hidden well and good. It's easy to be identify by a geocacher.

Thanks APHDAJ, you gave me a happy ending of today's feel-so-exhausted walk-to-cache. Let's cross fingers that I will have a good hunting tomorrow.

Happy Ending


Nice Carved Statue

2 意見:

Beluga 提到...

雄雄把倒數第三圖看成"下面有鬼"
怪了...我要來去看眼科了XD

rudy 提到...

哈哈,要不要來練簡中,翻譯一下? :)