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Peak Circle Walk Wherigo Cache

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Hidden : 4/23/2016
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Welcome to Hong Kong!

The top thing to do in Hong Kong is to take in the world-famous vista of Victoria Harbour from The Peak. Some of the best views are on the Peak Circle Walk, which winds around the highest point on Hong Kong Island.


This walk circles the Peak for excellent viewing of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Victoria Harbour and the outlying islands. Once you exist the Peak Tower, keep right until you get to Lugard Road. From there, you will pass the first bridge to be built over the city's steep hills, luxuary Peak residences and a picnic area. At the end of Lugard Road, turn into Harlech Road, which will bring you back to your starting point. The total distance is about 3.5 km, all are paved flat trail, average walking speed will take you about 1 hour, if you want to enjoy the scenic view and grab some caches along the trail, you better reserve 3 hrs or more.


About the wherigo:

This cartridge is very simple, you just need to visit all 4 way-points (in any sequence), no question will be asked meanwhile. Once you visited all way-points, it will show you the final coordinate.
That means, all you need to do is "Start the cartridge and enjoy the walk"!
Please download the cartridge over here: Click Here
Backup cartridge download site: Click here

Save your progress
Strongly suggested to save your progress at wherigo apps, after you visited every waypoints.

Caching Strategy at the Peak

There are many caches around the peak, if you have half day here, may be you can follow this guide to grab 10+ caches with 5 different cache types:
  • Once you arrived the Peak, firstly, collect all necessary info for the multi "The Peak (GC6G8FA)"
  • Start the cartridge of this wherigo
  • Walk along the peak circle, enjoy the scenic view and grab some caches along the way
  • Once you completed the circle walk, grab the cache of this wherigo
  • Hope you enjoy the view there and the stay in Hong Kong

About the cartridge:

Notes for iphone user:
  • Once you click the download link, the wherigo apps should pop up directly, just following the instruction
Notes for android user:
  • Please download the cartridge by normal browser, like chrome or firefox.
  • Cartridge type: Pocket PC Device
  • Then manually copy the cartridge to the working directory of apps "WhereYouGo", e.g. /storage/emulated/0/WhereYouGo
  • Start the apps, and manually enable the GPS Setting
  • If you experience frequent crash on WherYouGo apps, try NOT to use online map, or switch the map source to Locus


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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Uvagf jvyy or cebivqrq nsgre lbh pbzcyrgrq gur pnegevqtr

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)