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Temple of St.Apostles (Island Cache) Traditional Cache

Hidden : 8/21/2016
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Apostles on Crete
The temple is commemorating the work of the apostles on Crete. Actually, one of the letters of the New Testament is adressed to an apostle on Crete. His name was Titus and he came from Antioch (Syria). The letter was written by apostle Paul.

He writes:

"The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you."


Paul himself visited Crete and got to know the local people and also the local litterature, that helped him to understand the peaceful and easygoing  mind of local people as he writes to Titus:

"One of their own men, a prophet from Crete, has said about them, “These men of Crete are all liars; they are like lazy animals, living only to satisfy their stomachs.” And this is true..."

The Christian heritage can be found on many places on Crete and this is one of them.

Apostle Paul himself was sailing around Crete and was taken by a storm and later his ship sunk on Malta island. This story is covered in detail in the book of Acts in the New Testament:

"When a gentle south wind began to blow, they saw their opportunity; so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete. Before very long, a wind of hurricane force, called the Northeaster, swept down from the island.  The ship was caught by the storm... (more)

That s why our geocache IS ON AN ISLAND AND YOU HAVE TO SWIM TO REACH IT !

After you enjoy the Kalamaki beach and restaurant, swim to the island.

Take shoes with you as the rocks are pointy and could harm your feet.

Dont try to get to the cache when there are heavy waves. There is no beach for safe landing with a boat.

From the cache island you can see the penninsula with the Temple of St,Apostles to the East and have a beautiful view on the beaches of Chania.

You dont need to take your phone or GPS with you and risk to get it wet. It is an easy, Cretan way cache, hidden in the center of the island.

The pencil is inside as well.

PLEASE, take care the you dont wet the logbook so it may remain dry for next geocachers !!!

CAREFULLY hide the container so it get not smashed by stones.

CLOSE the lids of the containers tightly.

There are a few toys for kids in the cache, but we dont recomend little children to swim to this rocky island.
 



Additional Hints (Decrypt)

cvyr bs fgbarf va gur pragre bs gur vfynaq

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)