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A cache by McB Message this owner
Hidden : 7/18/2005
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Welcome to paradise!

This can be read in Volvo's annual report of 1958.

In 1948 Volvo bought the island of Trälen which lies south of Marstrand on the West Coast of Sweden. Today on the island of Trälen, which has an area of about 25 acres, there are 51 holiday bungalows and a long-house sub-divided into five individual bachelor quarters. Each year for more than two months beginning in the middle of June about 650 people have their holidays here in two-weekly periods. A new kitchen and restaurant building will be ready in time for the 1959 summer season.


The drawing above is a perspective sketch of the new kitchen and restaurant building.

Eventually, mass tourism to the Mediterranean started, and the interest for staying at Volvo's own camp declined among the company's employees. In 1990, the island was sold and the decay started. Today, there's not much left of the once so beautiful vacation paradise. Many plans and ideas have been created over the years to transform the island into a new paradise, with new apartment buildings and modern infrastructure. The latest plans specified that the demolition would start in 2007 and the construction work would start early 2008. However, in October of 2008, the island is still as deserted as ever.

The cache is hidden inside a building. The coordinates will lead you to the entrance.

This cache is rated.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

52, oebja, uvtu.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)