Geocaching Road Trip 2015 Tag Victoire Cheval Blanc Murao 3rd TB

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Owner:
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Released:
Friday, April 7, 2017
Origin:
Queensland, Australia
Recently Spotted:
In Mega Sweden FAD 2019

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Current Goal

Travel to as many countries as possible

 

Countires visited so far:

 

Sweden

Italy

Germany

France 

Czech Republic

USA

Australia

About This Item

Meet Murao! he is the mascot of Hakuba ski village - Nagano, Japan.

He travelled back to Australia with us and now wants to travel some more!

 

if you're wondering what the heck he is, well here you go;

Hakuba’s character, Victoire Cheval Blanc Murao 3rd, was born in September 2012. He was designed in a competition by a local eight-year-old and is a white horse reflecting the well-known Chinese characters in Hakuba’s name. His name was the winner in a further competition. The first part is “Victory White Horse” in French, “Murao” is a Japanese name that means “village boy”, and the “3rd” is, well we don’t really know! Maybe it’s a takeoff from the popular Japanese anime “Lupin the 3rd”. Though suitably cosmopolitan, his full name is a bit of a mouthful, so locals have taken to calling him simply “Murao”. Murao featured as part of Hakuba’s 100th anniversary as a ski town last year. He’s a proficient skier, but has also started snowboarding. He once sat in an onsen for over two hours. He realized he was scared of heights when he visited the observation deck of the Hakuba Jump Stadium. One day, he is looking forward to becoming Hakuba mayor.

 

 

 

 

He is also travelling with one of our path tags, it's his favourite survivor please don't take it off him - he might bite!

 

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    Tracking History (33183.9mi) View Map

    Dropped Off 5/20/2017 sammer4u3 placed it in Marvin Road, Exit 111, Travel Bug Hotel Washington - 7,197.06 miles  Visit Log

    From Japan to Australia to a great little Mexican restaurant in western Washington, USA. Have a margarita and safe travels!
    Visited 4/30/2017 sammer4u3 took it to Southern Port Queensland, Australia   Visit Log
    Visited 4/30/2017 sammer4u3 took it to Southern Port Queensland, Australia - 1.09 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 4/29/2017 sammer4u3 retrieved it from Welcome to Townsville Queensland, Australia   Visit Log

    Picked up this very interesting character in Townsville, Australia. I see he wants to travel the world so will start him on a very long journey north across the Pacific to Seattle, USA. We shall see where that takes him. I will be back there in mid-May and should be able to drop him soon after.

    sammer4u3
    Dropped Off 4/8/2017 LC85 placed it in Welcome to Townsville Queensland, Australia - .83 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 4/8/2017 LC85 took it to Marina fresh Queensland, Australia - 2.73 miles  Visit Log
    Visited 4/8/2017 LC85 took it to Kissing Point 2 Queensland, Australia   Visit Log
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