The Cache
A small box. Bring your own pen. There is only space for one small item
Update August 2025: The GZ has been relocated, due to the older location being used by local muggles as resting place, making access hard
For the FTF
The FTF goodie is a 06/2008 Singapore Sweep Ticket ! Good luck for finding and winning!
Parking
...is available all around, no use to recommend one over the other as occupancy level may fluctuate frequently. Just pick one and walk!
Note that parking requires payment.
The Task
The initial coordinates bring you to the start.
The Final is at North 02° 11.ABCD East 102° 15.EFGH
You will need to find the following information to fill in the variables A to H. Additional values will be needed in the formulas.
Date calculations only use full years and ignore months and days!!!..
Start
At the start, you need to find:
A = The number of cannon guarding the fort.
D: Mijnheer NOORDEN made some of the guns. How many letters in his first name?
Waypoint 2: N 02° 11.562 E 102° 14.986
Now move to waypoint 2:
This will require ascending steps !
This brings you to the general vicinity to answer these questions:
C = Count the upright tombstones in the easternmost of the smaller two room
B : Divide A by the last digit of the year the statue (that is now missing a hand) was created in a country far away. The result is the value for B
E = the last digit of the digit-sum (hash) (taken once!) of the number of rungs to climb into the tower just outside the church ruins. This tower is not a part of the church, but the now defunct 'Malacca Light' lighthouse.
G: Locate the gravestone of Johanna Strycke. It is tagged S# (where # is the value for G)
H: Frau von Riebeck's original gravestone was removed to a very far away place in what year? The last digit is the value for H
Waypoint 3: N 02° 11.622 E 102° 15.045
Find the path to the Dutch Cemetery.
You can access this (usually) by a path from the top.
Note: The gates may be closed on one or both side(s). You may be able to go through nonetheless.
Alternatively, go back down to A Famosa and take the flat path past the Istana
Somewhere here you will find out about two cousins.
B = Divide the cousins' age difference (while both were alive) by the value A found earlier.
F = Add 1 to the number of years between the cousins' deaths
Note: all calculations here are done using the YEAR values only.
Notes
The whole area gets very muggly during the weekends and holiday seasons. Extreme caution is advised.