Expo'98 Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 12/13/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

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Expo '98 (in full, 1998 Lisbon World Exposition) was an official specialised World's Fair held in Lisbon, Portugal from May 22 to September 30, 1998.
The theme of the fair was "The Oceans, a Heritage for the Future", chosen in part to commemorate 500 years of Portuguese discoveries.
The Expo received around 11 million visitors in 132 days. 155 countries and organizations were represented.
Bureau of International Expositions considered Lisbon's Expo the best ever.


A little bit of history

The idea to organize a World's Fair in Portugal originated in 1989 between two Portuguese - António Mega Ferreira and Vasco Graça Moura - who were in charge of organizing the commemoration of the coming 500th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's arrival in India in 1498.
Once Government support was obtained, Ferreira led the bid to BIE, which in 1992 declared Lisbon the winner, against the other contender Toronto, Canada. State company Parque Expo was formed to make the Fair a self-sustained event, with revenue coming from admission tickets and, especially, sales of real estate and parcel lots at the Expo's emplacement.

The area chosen for the Expo '98 was a 5 km wide strip covering 50 hectares at Lisbon's east end alongside the Tagus river.
Expo '98 was fully built from scratch. Every building was pre-sold for after-Expo repurposing thus ensuring that, after the Expo closed, the site would not be left semi-abandoned, as had happened with previous expos, particularly Seville Expo '92.

To support the expected flux of visitors, an extensive access program was devised, including:

  • a new bridge across the river, the Vasco da Gama Bridge (the second longest in Europe)
  • a new line of the Lisbon Metro, with seven stations (five of which were ready for opening day)
  • a new main multi-modal terminal, featuring trains, metro, buses, and taxis, called Gare do Oriente.






The Expo

Expo '98 opened on May 22, 1998 with 141 countries and 14 international organizations featured in individual pavilions. Almost every exhibitor respected the Expo's theme "The Oceans: A Heritage for the Future".
There were additional thematic pavilions dedicated to Water, Sea Knowledge, Virtual Reality (paid), Future, Oceans, and Oceanophilia; and exhibitions: "Leonardo Da Vinci@expo98 - La Dinamica dell'Acqua", "Roads of the Porcelain", and "Shells and Man".
Additional attractions included: a 15,000-seat Utopia Pavilion with a resident theatrical show, Camões Theater, nautical exhibition, Garcia de Orta tropical gardens, Swatch Pavilion, "World of Coca-Cola" exhibition, Expo Adrenalin, 120 m-tall observation tower (paid) , funicular (paid), and nightly water-show Acqua Matrix.
There were 5,000 musical and theatrical shows, both open-air and indoors, on a total of 14 fixed stages.
The Oceans Pavilion, built to be the Lisbon Oceanarium after the Expo closed, had the longest lines. Other popular pavilions, with lines of up to five hours on busier days, included Portugal architecture by Álvaro Siza Vieira), Spain, Sweden, Germany, and Virtual Reality.

Total number of visitors reached 10 128204 for a duration of 132 days. Admission prices (adult) were 5,000 escudos PTE (aprox 25€) for one day, 12,500 escudos (62,5€) for three non-consecutive days, and 50,000 escudos (250€) for three months.





The after Expo'98

Expo '98 closed its doors on September 30, 1998. The site remained closed until February 1999, when it reopened as "Parque das Nações" (Park of the Nations), a free-access park, keeping the gardens, Oceanarium (Europe's largest aquarium), observation tower, funicular, and the Virtual Reality pavilion. Other buildings were repurposed for the opening, including:

  • the main entrance(sun door), converted to Centro Vasco da Gama, a regional shopping mall (opened on April 27 1999)
  • the main exhibition pavilions, converted to Feira Internacional de Lisboa (Lisbon International Exhibition Fair)
  • Utopia Pavilion, converted to Pavilhão Atlântico, Lisbon's main multi-purpose indoor arena
  • Knowledge Pavilion, converted to Science Pavilion, a hands-on science museum
  • another exhibition pavilion, converted to a bowling alley
  • Future Pavilion, now the Casino Lisboa.


Within Parque das Nações, every other building or vacant parcel lot was sold for office or living space, to offset the Expo's costs. The Virtual Reality Pavilion is currently scheduled for demolition.
The area today is thriving, modern, stylish, and safe, attracting18 million tourists a year to its gardens, museums, commercial areas and modern buildings. It has also become permanent residency for up to 25,000 people and one of Lisbon's premier business centers, with many multinational corporations basing their headquarters in its main avenue.

The Cache

The cache is hidden in an area surrounded by water - after all that was the theme of Expo'98 :) Please be extremely careful not to be seen by muggles! The search will be easier if you look for the cache at night.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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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)


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