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Olympic Geo Picnic Event Cache

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Hidden : Friday, August 15, 2008
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The 2008 Summer Olympics will be celebrated from August 8, 2008 to August 24, 2008 in Beijing. Among the many many visitors from all over the world, there surely are some Geocachers. Therefore this event offers the chance to meat each other, swap some stories and make new friends.

The Park

The Olympic Geocaching Picnic will be held in the Chaoyang Park. It located of the site of the former Prince's Palace in the Chaoyang District of northeastern Beijing.

ChaoYang (Rising Sun) Park first opened in 1984 and covering an area of some 320 hectares (3km by 1.5km) between the east third and fourth Ring Roads, it is larger than the Summer Palace and, indeed, is the largest park in the city.

A temporary Beach Volleyball Ground for the 2008 Summer Olympics was build in this park.

To enter the park, a small admission of 5RMB has to be paid.

The Event

The event will start around 4pm between the trees of the "Cherry Blossom Valley". Unfortunately there are no picnic table therefore you should bring a blanket to sit on.

If you need any help in locating this place or in obtaining things you need for the picnic, please feel free to contact me.

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