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

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

We were on a family trip across Ecuador with fellow cacher Journeymanjack as our guide. We spent a week in the Andes mountains and a week n the coast. In seeking this cache you will need to visit two websites of hostals we stayed in for you to obtain the proper coordinates. It is our first puzzle cache to make.

Here are the west coordinates you will need to find, W080 AB.3CD


Here are the west coordinates you will need to find, W080 AB.3CD

To find AB you need to visit the website for Hostal Las Granadillas that is in Banos Ecuador. The Hostal is ran by a very interesting fellow who is a paraplegic. He has built the first Hostal that is built for guests in wheel chairs. On the website you will need to find his first name and then use this code to find AB. A will be replaced with the corrosponding number of the first letter of his first name and B will be with the number corrosponding with the third letter of his fist name.

A B C D E F G H I J

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

To find CD you will need to visit the website for a quaint Hostal in Salinas called the Hostal Aqui. It is a nice and inexpensive Hostal near the malecon in Salinas Ecuador. It is near lots of restaurants and shops. Say hey to the owner Will if you stop by. On their website you will need to find their telephone number. Add the last two numbers of their phone number to the last two numbers of the coordinates that were given (43) and then replace CD with the two digit number.

When you are traveling to the cache you will be driving along a nice road through villages and towns, through jungles and beaches. It is a beautiful area to visit. Of course when you get to the cache location the most important and interesting thing you will want to do is get a picture made of you standing on the little red line painted on the side of the road that marks the equador. You can have one foot in the northern hemisphere and the other in the souther hemisphere. 

The first one to find the cache will have a $2.00 bill from the USA waiting for them. Please rehide carefully to prevent the cache container from washing away if there is a downpour. The cache is large enough to acommodate travel bugs and trade items.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Hc gur uvyy n yvggyr naq haqre fbzr yrnirf

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)