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Giga Jaffa - Super size postcard Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/30/2019
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


In this mystery puzzle we will use a gigapixel photo that was taken from Jaffa, looking north towards Tel Aviv.

Posted coordinates are not of final location.

November 2021 update: Replaced in a NEW final location. Puzzle is the same, solution is the same, but you might need to go through geocheck again.



In order to find the cache, find the following clues in the giga photo -

Jaffa Tel Aviv Panorama

 

One of the tall buildings has near the top its name in Hebrew, in three words. Total number of black letters is 1A

Find the famous clock tower of Jaffa (not the church tower), the hour is 10 to B.

There is a pedestrian bridge over a road, to the left of the bridge palm trees, and behind them an entrance to a building, which is #CC.

Bus # D0 is at a bus stop, you can also see its number on the bus stop itself.

Big real estate sign "dream it" mentions the office address at #E Louis Pasteur Street.

Another high rise tower has at the top two English words, and in between them a symbol of the world/globe. Let F be the number of letters left of the globe.

Midi interiors furniture store is located at a corner of two streets hence has two house numbers, GG is the higher house number (the lower is G-1 G-1)

A bell tower of a church has a clock, the long hand of the clock points to H.

Number of clearly visible bells in this tower is I.

Puzzle solution is

N 32 3.AB(C+D)

E 34 EF.G(H-I)B

 

Pass through geocheck for coords of new final location.

BYOP

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

svany: zntargvp haqre orapu va nyyrl, zber qrgnvyf va trbpurpx hcqngr 10/11: ercynprq va n arj svany ybpngvba. chmmyr erznvaf gur fnzr, fb cnff guebhtu trbpurpx ntnva vs arrqrq

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)