Tourist Assistance Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 3/25/2011
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Bangkok center for Tourist information and assistance. Run by the city and is a free as well as providing free bicycles October till February.

Safety and security
It is very safe to wonder about the city and country, the Thai people are gentle and happy to see you. Yes crime does occur but it is a rare thing. Be smart as you go about, don't tempt fate. There is no such thing as a free lunch and there is no Tax free day for jewelry.

Watch out for:
  • Jewelry
    A few folk will tell you about Tax free day or something like that and not make the sale. Tell you how somone made loads of money buying jewelery in Thailand and selling it back home. The third person will try and make the sale. If you want Jewelry choose a store don't be led to one and compare prices. :-) Often tours by taxies and Tuk Tuks will take you to Jewelry stores as they are paid too.

  • The attraction is Closed
    This can happen near any tourist attraction but still happens a lot outside the Grand Palace. As you approach, someone will tell you that the palace is closed for various reasons. Ignore them as you will end up in either a gem store or a tailor shop.
How to deal with Muggles.
With the population of Bangkok running in the range of 11 million plus there are a lot of Muggles out there that we need to be aware of. Blending in is the easiest way. In this area there are lots of Tourists, so it makes it easier.

Here are some tricks that are helpful for getting to or returning the cache:
  • On the phone
    Always carry a mobile phone or a device that you can pretend is a mobile phone. The general public will pretty much ignore someone on a telephone and understand that they will poke around and "doodle" while talking. So you have a good idea on where the cache is but you are in a very public place with every tout for 10 kilometers watching you. Get out the phone and pretend to have a conversation. after a minute or so, start casually looking/feeling around and no one will pay you any mind.

    Can fill in the log and put it back if you are calm and very casual about it. Say or seem to be saying "uh huh" once in a while and all will assume you are talking to someone.

  • Got to have that picture.
    Another great trick for caching is pretending to take a photograph. Tourists are a blight on the environment and go to the most extremes to get some picture from just the right angle (happens to be right where the cache is). People world wide are used to this and if they see you pretending to take a photograph they will assume, you are a tourist and therefor your are to be forgiven for not being normal.
Good things to take along (What is in my backpack):
  • TP (Toilet Paper) always good to have your own.

  • Liquid, Bangkok is hot and a little bit constantly is so much better than a lot all in once on the system. bring along a bottle. Bangkok is a hot city and for most visitors hotter than they are used to. Watch the locals, always in the shade and they move slow and steady. Only mad dogs and Englishmen go out in noon day sun.

  • Pencil/pen Many of the caches are urban and are BYOP
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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