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AFGHANISTAN NOW Traditional Cache

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Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A nice and secure TB and swag exchange; easy to get to even if
you're just passing through BAF.









A nice and secure TB and swag exchange; easy to get to even if you're just passing through BAF. If they ever update Google for this area, or if you have access to military grade imagery, you could probably find it easy enough with picture and hint. Low muggle area too and the "locals" know about it so don't be afraid. Sit down for a break if you like. There's a night light in the vicinity too; you can get by without a flashlight.


Stocked initially with a bunch of Afghanistan postcards (not always available at the PX), some TBs and GC coins I've accumulated, GPS food, a surplus of ink pens, two log books, & trade trinkets.

I wanted to put out more geocaches in the land of my Father's Cousins, but I was very busy on this trip.

If you get to Kabul, please also visit the first registered WAYMARK in Afghanistan: Massoud Circle


Post Script: Dedicated in Memoriam of the late-great actor Dennis Hopper who starred in the landmark, mantra film Apocalypse Now and passed away the day this GC was published.

”The man's enlarged my mind. He's a poet-warrior in the classic sense. I mean sometimes you'll say hello to him, right? And he'll just walk right by you, and he won't even notice you. And suddenly he'll grab you, and he'll throw you in a corner, and he'll say do you know that ‘if’ is the middle word in life? ‘If’ you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, ‘if’ you can trust yourself when all men doubt you …I'm a little man, he's a great man. I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across floors of silent seas ."


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pbbxvr gva vafvqr n qvfhfrq, abg-jverq, byq oveq-ubhfr ybbxvat zrgny ryrpgevp obk jvgu TP fpenjyrq ba vg, nggnpurq gb gur fvqr bs n o-uhg.

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)