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Names of towns and villages – a Maltese Challenge Mystery Cache

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12Vicky: For very personal reasons I am not able to maintain this cache any longer.

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Hidden : 4/2/2013
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

If you have already found caches in Malta, Gozo and / or Comino then have a look to the first letters of the cache titels. With these first letters form the name of any town or village that at least is made up of 5 letters and you are entitled to log this cache.

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Here comes another reason to put your shoes on, go out and find some caches. But do not forget your paperwork and make sure you read this listing carefully!

Take the first letters of your Maltese founds and use them to form name/s of any town/s or village/s with at least 5 of your letters for each name and you are entitled to log this cache.

As an example, one out of many possibilities how to spell VALLETTA, Maltas capital and „European Capital of Culture“ in 2018:

 

V A L L E T T A

View to Mellieha Bay ..... GC2C7TG ..... 14.12.2012
Anchor away ..... GC2DTGX ..... 30.06.2011
L'ìle au tresor ..... GC2ETA7 ..... 21.06.2011
Little Johnny's Co-Cache ..... GC44P8A ..... 26.03.2013
Elmo, the Athlete ..... GC1NZ4G ..... 21.10.2011
The Blue Grotto – Il-Hnejja ..... GC1HWV9 ..... 28.12.2010
The Victoria Lines Cache ..... GC35C22 ..... 09.10.2011
Angry fish ..... GC3EAXA ..... 25.03.2012

 

You are encouraged to form as many names as possible but you are not allowed to use a cache more than once.

 

Requirements for this cache:

- Only caches found on the Maltese islands are allowed to be used in this challenge.

- According to the rules cacheowners are not allowed to use their own caches.

 

In your log please

- name the caches you found together with the GC code

- and add the date like I did in the example above.

 

Logs that do not meet these requirements will be deleted without further note.

 

Beside the example for Valletta above these are my further founds:

 

S L I E M A

San Anton Gardens ..... GC3FVD1 ..... 02.04.2012
Letter to a friend ..... GC3JPBR ..... 30.03.2013
Il-Maqluba Sinkhole ..... GC3XEGW ..... 22.10.2012
Enter the dragon ..... GC12QJ7 ..... 30.12.2010
Malta's Islands ..... GC2A6KY ..... 26.10.2011
Altered images ..... GC1NG8B ..... 22.12.2010

 

M G A R R (up to you if the maltese or the gozitan one)

Madliena Woods ..... GCV2N8 ..... 12.12.2010
Go down ..... GC23A5R ..... 04.07.2011
All The Jokes ..... GC1JMNP ..... 05.07.2011
Ras ir-Raheb ..... GC39QKP ..... 20.04.2012
Ready To Go Micro - Gozo ..... GC1PGJ2 ..... 31.10.2011

 

B I R K I R K A R A

B as in Birkirkara ..... GC44P93 ..... 31.03.2013
It's a sign! ..... GC3FX3Z ..... 22.04.2012
Red tower ..... GC1QAHQ ..... 11.12.2012
Karraba ..... GC1R57C ..... 19.10.2011
Is-Salib Tal Gholja ..... GC1QAHJ ..... 28.12.2010
Rocky coast at Bugibba ..... GC322AV ..... 03.10.2011
Knights' Wash Room ..... GC1AKG6 ..... 09.12.2010
Aztecs of Malta ..... GC3XAB5 ..... 01.04.2013
Rosies magnetic geocache ..... GC2VM4Y ..... 08.06.2011
Abandoned houses, empty yards ..... GC228XH ..... 02.01.2011

 

The cache is at the given coords. But as you have to have found at least five different caches before you are allowed to log this one it's a Mystery rather than a traditional cache.

Thats also why the rating for this cache is D3.5 / T3,5. On it's own it's D2 / T 1,5

Way to cachesite is a very rough footpath. It's your own responsibility if you use it, especially when dark.

 

 

Good luck and happy hunting!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ab arrq gb rknzvar cbffvovyvgvrf orybj guerr sg. Pnpur pbagnvare vf ng n sybbqjngrecebbs cynpr.

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)