Red bricks — Geocache of the Week

Traditional Cache
GCWJ29
by dan and noi
Difficulty:
1
Terrain:
1
Location:
Thailand
N 14° 21.420′ E 100° 33.596′

Exploring the ancient mysteries of past civilizations brings with it a natural curiosity. How did humanity function back then? More importantly, how did they geocache back then?

Throw on your best adventure hat, fire up your time machine, and don’t forget a pencil for this week’s Geocache of the Week: Red Brick (GCWJ29).

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Ko Tapu – James Bond Island — Geocache of the Week

EarthCache
GC2179V
by MountainNinja
Difficulty:
1
Terrain:
5
Location:
Thailand
N 08° 16.522′ E 098° 30.033′

You may have heard your geocaching pals crack jokes about how a particular cache made them feel like Indiana Jones, James Bond, or some other heroic adventurer—but this Geocache of the Week in Thailand gives that concept a whole new meaning.

GC2179V Ko Tapu – James Bond Island isn’t trying to fool you with its name. The scene of this EarthCache, Ko Tapu, is a dramatic, rocky islet that sits in Phang-Nga Bay, Thailand, and was one of the backdrops featured in 1974’s The Man with the Golden Gun. The Bond film is such a tourist attraction that the island across from Ko Tapu has been unofficially renamed—as the sign shows below, Khao Phing Kan is now ‘James Bond Island.’

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