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Austin Smith: International Man of Mystery Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 2/18/2007
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

You're hot on the heels of this most cunning of spies, and this might just be the break you need!

Austin Smith has eluded you at every turn, but you know that he's been forced to cache some valuable information for an unknown accomplice to pick up. In a stroke of luck, you've been able to determine the number of his pre-paid mobile phone and now have a record of all his recent calls.
Surely, the location of his cache must be in these transcripts somewhere!

(All times are in WA Daylight Savings Time, 24 hour format.)

Time....City and number called

0855 Amsterdam 421 0900
"Red tulips are my favourite"

0857 Bogota 343 1206
"All that glisters is not gold"

0902 0 (call did not complete)

0903 Johannesburg 375 5555
"All that glitters is not gold"

1224 Los Angeles 664 8626
"May All Your Good Dreams and Fine Wishes Come True!"

1227 Honolulu 441 1404
"Mahalo, Kuhuna!"

1313 Penang 643 0611
"What's the wavelength of traffic light green?"

1458 Seattle 705 1900
"B. S. O. D."

1620 Karachi 521 8097
"Pita bread isn't, I quite like it."

1659 Stanley (Falkland Islands) 49 001
"How do we know that some penguins aren't wearing tuxedos?"

In each case, the recipient of the call seemed to have no idea what Smith was saying, and he hung up immediately after making his cryptic comments. Your people checked the numbers and, while they appeared to be valid numbers, many of them were for large corporations or government departments and thus unlikely to be accomplices waiting on his calls.

Can you solve the puzzle and retrieve the valuables before Smith's assumed contact beats you to it?

Please don't call the above numbers! They might well be real, but they won't help you find the cache!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle: no hint GZ:]gra gehax pnyyf

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)