Travel Bug Dog Tag The Rapakivi Brothers: Pim

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Owner:
Femke & Sandor Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Saturday, March 22, 2003
Origin:
Netherlands
Recently Spotted:
In Steenwieker Kaampe [OV]

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Current Goal

The original goal was to help the Rapakivi Brothers to the Baltic Sea region. Since Pim has achieved his goal, his current goal it to travel back to the Netherlands to report to his owners about his adventures.

About This Item

The granite Rapakivi Brothers, Pim and Pom, have been around for millions of years. Recently, in the Saalien ice-age (about 150,000 years ago), they left their ancestral home and moved with the ice to the Netherlands. Once the ice melted, the brothers were stuck in the Steenwijker Kamp, in the Dutch province of Overijssel. They were picked up by us, and we decided to present them with a holiday. Or rather, you're going to help Pim or Pom along towards their holiday destination: a cache in their homeland, the Baltic Sea region. Click here for a map.

The Rapakivi brothers have enjoyed each other's company for a long long time, and it is essential that they travel separately from each other. They may end up in the same cache at the holiday destination, but they'd rather not be together in the same cache on the way to avoid confusion or worse.

When Pim and Pom have spent some time in the North, they would like to be taken back to the Netherlands, specifically to the Steenwieker Kaampe cache where they'll report to their owners. After that, a new travel destination will be revealed.


IMPORTANT UPDATE:

To our great dismay, Pom seems to have vanished in the Baltic Area. We moved him to the Dutch TB burial ground at Rottumerplaat. His brother Pim will have to continue its journey alone. Since Pim has reached the Baltic Area and visited it extensively, he is now allowed to come home, back to the cache where he has started his big adventure. We therefore ask the next finders to help Pim to travel back to the Netherlands.

PIM

De granieten Rapakivi Broers, Pim en Pom, bestaan al miljoenen jaren. Recentelijk, in de Saalien ijstijd (ongeveer 150.000 jaar geleden), verlieten ze hun voorouderlijk woongebied om met het ijs mee te reizen naar Nederland. Toen het ijs eenmaal gesmolten was, bleven de gebroeders noodgedwongen achter op de Steenwijker Kamp in Overijssel. Wij hebben ze gevonden, en we hebben besloten de Rapakivi Broers een vakantie aan te bieden. Beter gezegd, jij gaat Pim of Pom helpen om hun vakantie bestemming te bereiken: een cache in hun thuisland, de Oostzee regio. Klik hier voor een kaart.

De Rapakivi Broers zijn al tijden samen. Het is belangrijk dat ze niet samen reizen. Het maakt niet uit of ze in dezelfde cache zitten bij aankomst op het vakantieverblijf, maar onderweg zijn ze liever niet samen in dezelfde cache om verwarring te voorkomen.

Als Pim en Pom een tijdje in het Noorden zijn geweest, willen ze graag weer terug naar Nederland, in het bijzonder naar de Steenwieker Kaampe cache om verslag uit te brengen aan hun eigenaars. Daarna wordt er een nieuwe reisbestemming bekend gemaakt.


BELANGRIJKE UPDATE:

Tot ons groot verdriet is Pom vermist geraakt ergens in het Baltische Gebied. We hebben hem daarom naar het TB kerkhof op Rottumerplaat gebracht. Pim is alleen verder gereisd. Nadat hij uitvoerig het Baltisch Gebied heeft kunnen verkennen, mag hij nu weer terug naar huis komen, naar de cache waar zijn avontuur begonnen is. We vragen daarom of de volgende vinders hem terug naar Nederland willen helpen reizen.

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    Tracking History (3603.5mi) View Map

    Dropped Off 1/18/2010 Corner1969 placed it in TB Hotel "Pasman & Zoon" Netherlands - 55.59 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 1/17/2010 Corner1969 retrieved it from OOST.NL Groningen, Netherlands   Visit Log

    Pim is nu aangekomen in Groningen. Waat is " home" ? Dan kunnen we deze een stukje op weg helpen. We horen het graag.
    Dropped Off 1/1/2010 Siras placed it in OOST.NL Groningen, Netherlands - 7.76 miles  Visit Log

    This little bug begged so hard that I could not withstand to bring it back in it's home country. It's at the border now, exactly on the borderline, but the cache counts as being in the netherlands. :-) I added a label to PIM so the next finder knows where he wants to go. Good journey home.
    Retrieve It from a Cache 12/28/2009 Siras retrieved it from Bahndamm Niedersachsen, Germany   Visit Log

    Bad luck for the little "Pim". So close to the netherlands it jumped on me. With no description for his goal I took it with me on my travel to the baltic sea region. Yes, right. I think he liked it there that much. :-) For some reason I decided to change my travel route and am still close to the southern netherland border (Cologne). I have no idea yet, where to place it now, but I will try to give him a new cache not too far away from here.

    [This entry was edited by Siras on Friday, January 01, 2010 at 4:16:45 PM.]
    Discovered It 12/28/2009 prussel discovered it   Visit Log

    Seen you today not far from the German-Dutch border.
    Dropped Off 12/24/2009 ArthurK placed it in Bahndamm Niedersachsen, Germany - 84.37 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 10/3/2009 ArthurK retrieved it from Alter Bahnhof Steenfelde Niedersachsen, Germany   Visit Log

    Da ich die Mission nicht kannte macht er jetzt noch einen kleinen Umweg über Hannover.
    Dropped Off 9/26/2009 Sandblech placed it in Alter Bahnhof Steenfelde Niedersachsen, Germany - 85.26 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 9/17/2009 Sandblech retrieved it from Botanischer Garten zu Minden Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   Visit Log

    Aus dem Botanischen Garten geholt... weiter geht dir Reise...
    Dropped Off 9/12/2009 FizzieUM placed it in Botanischer Garten zu Minden Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany - 136.96 miles  Visit Log
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