1000 Cache Milestone Coin and Tag Set

The last stop and last cache of the day was this earthcache. To fulfill our calendar, we needed a size other, and this earthcache fit conventiely into our plans. It was along the way and while its ‘only’ about the facade of a building in the densely built up metropolis, this was truly a beautiful stop. We stopped right in front of the building, as Laura put it we ‘parked inside of a billboard’, and approached the abandoned seeming building. Around was a chaos of what I would call an abandoned drive-way, and atop a single man in a typical plastic chair; the makeshift security. Even though we might’ve been trespassing, we maintained a respectful acknowledgment of the security guard while otherwise ignoring his presence. As foreigners that allowed us to inspect the most beautiful facade of this building without being bothered, and noted down all the information we needed. As such we later sent the answers and log this earth cache with a nice memory of an urban geological feature.

This was the first planned stop of the day, a special souvenir shop where Laura planned to buy a Christmas present to take back to Europe. We were unsuccessful with the Christmas present, but did snatch lunch nearby. We then went to check up on this stash, which we unfortunately didn’t find.

After a second DNF at the nearby foodie WIG cache, Laura and I still needed to find a certain cache size today, and as we had a little extra time on our hands and before going to do our weekly shopping trip, we decided to detour to this cache. I had managed to BF the coords online a few weeks ago, and thought it was a nice and easy puzzle. We got to the location, our second time at TRX, and while the first time we did walk around, we knew nothing of this Merdeka Tree. This time, we could take this little area in properly, although our goal here was quite clear. I had a good hunch where the cache would be, and asked Laura to check the spot. She did and didn’t find it, and looking through some photos, we thought maybe the BF’d coords were a little off. Laura searched around again, but it didn’t stop bugging me, I felt confident. And so I quickly checked myself, and indeed, in the exact spot I thought the cache would be, I found it. I quickly snatched the container and opened it up. Another tiny little cache the size of a big nut & bolt; so this TB only visited with us.

Today Laura and I took a break from our hard weekend labour and finally got to meet up with our ex-colleague who’s visiting KL. It’s been a few years since we’ve seen each other, and with him being in the country over the weekend for a conference, it seemed like a nice opportunity to meet up! We had planned this for a while, and took this as an opportunity to leave the apartment after cooking our brains (and barely getting what we needed done). We started off by me majorly messing up; between the apps on my phone I had accidentally navigated 20 minutes in the opposite direction out of town. Once we figured it out, we headed back into town, another 30 minutes of driving towards the city. We got some teh tarik as a welcome present, and finally made it to the right spot - an incredible feeling of deja vu overcame me, as I instantly recognized this street as one we walked down in 2019 when we first visited KL. Wow!

After a bit of a mixup with security, we finally made it to their AirB&B and had a nice hour of catching up and talking about life, before Kavi had to leave for a work dinner. The whole time we were there however, the back of my mind was itching as I knew very well that we were just 102 meters away from a cache. And so after saying our goodbyes, we headed back to the garage, and I drove us a little closer to this cache, which I knew we had to visit. It seemed like it would be an easy find, but with the evening darkness, it was actually quite difficult. At GZ we searched for a while, sticking our hands where they didn’t belong, but knowing instinctually we’re on the right side of the fence. We were still searching after some 10 minutes, after which we started reading through logs. Eventually, I found a log of one player mentioning that a recent OM log with a photo was helpful. I found it, and indeed, that perspective was very helpful. We were searching about 10 or 12 meters in the wrong place. The coordinates I measured at Ground Zero are N 003° 08.972' E 101° 42.139’ (I later noticed that the hide is also visible on StreetView). 

After retrieving the cache container, I noted down that the little container is in a micron bag, is slightly covered with soul, and the logsheet inside the tiny zip log baggie is damp. But considering photos from past finders and the contents of this logsheet, I can clearly say that many of those claiming a find online are not in fact signed on the paper. Always a bummer. Nonetheless, we were happy to stop by this stash with this TB; the only stop of the day as we ventured out of our apartment. It’s good this TB took another adventurous ride with us!

Our sports day was a lively and wet event; most of us met up in the park in the early morning and did our duties here as needed. In the late morning, once we were done, my attention shifted to the two still active caches here. This is the first one which I found quickly as it was quite visible, while many from our group were having fun nearby. Glad for this new prefab hidden in a nice park!