A courier just delivered a handwritten message to your door. It
reads:
My dear friend and intrepid traveler,
After much planning, I have prepared a new and exciting challenge
for you. Called Around the World in 80
Caches!, it requires patience, ingenuity, and the
ability to handle the unexpected. In this journey, you will be
venturing into several countries, 80 in all, in search of concealed
artifacts. The countries will lead you to continents, and the
continents will lead you to the ultimate prize, hereafter known as
"The World." Based on your experience and past adventures, I am
confident you will succeed. As always, travel safe and be sure to
document your findings. I look forward to hearing all about your
grand expedition.
Your great admirer,
Jules Verne
IMPORTANT NOTE: Information in this cache will help you
solve The World: ATW80
(GC1MG9W), a puzzle cache tied to the seven continents.
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It
covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area (or 29.9% of its land
area) and with approximately 4 billion people, it contains more
than 60% of the world's current human population. Chiefly in the
eastern and northern hemispheres, Asia is traditionally defined as
part of the landmass of Eurasia—with the western portion of the
latter occupied by Europe—lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the
Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian
and Black Seas. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on
the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the north by the Arctic
Ocean. Given its size and diversity, Asia—a toponym dating back to
classical antiquity—is more a cultural concept incorporating a
number of regions and peoples than a homogeneous physical
entity[2][3] (see Subregions of Asia, Asian people).
The word Asia originated from the Greek word "?s?a", first
attributed to Herodotus (about 440 B.C.) in reference to Anatolia
or, for the purposes of describing the Persian Wars, to the Persian
Empire, in contrast to Greece and Egypt. Herodotus comments that he
is puzzled as to why three women's names are used to describe one
enormous and substantial land mass (Europa, Asia, and Libya,
referring to Africa), stating that most Greeks assumed that Asia
was named after the wife of Prometheus but that the Lydians say it
was named after Asias, son of Cotys who passed the name on to a
tribe in Sardis.
NOTE: Cache is NOT at the listed location. once you collect all
the codes from the 14 countries IN this continent, you will find
the RIGHT location.
To find this cache you will need to visit the following countries
and record the special code in each one. Below is a chart to help
you quickly see if you have all the required codes. Then just ADD
then up and you have the location you need.
| Country |
Code |
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Country |
Code |
| vietnam |
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nepal |
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| china |
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saudi arabia |
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| cyprus |
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singapore |
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| iseal |
|
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sri lanka |
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| japan |
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taiwan |
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| malaysia |
|
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thailand |
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| myanmar |
|
|
timor-leste |
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| North -> |
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West -> |
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