Last weekend, we managed three more countries in which we've now geocached: France, Belgium and the Netherlands. These add to the UK and Iceland to give us a grand, slightly shameful, total of five countries.
Geocaching abroad is highly recommended although it does include a few added difficulties, namely a language barrier that can be an issue with some of the caches, especially the hints! A little prior planning, including judicious use of google translate, and you should be fine :-)
So next time you go abroad, have a quick look on geocaching.com and enjoy some foreign caches too. We saw some fantastic places that we'd otherwise not have found in Iceland as a result!
One of the prime difficulties that I've faced while caching abroad is that my iPhone, being on Three, is essentially useless. Three don't seem to have an reciprocal arrangements for roaming, so I only have a data connection if I can steal some WiFi. Make sure that your phone is capable - or buy a SIM card for the country that you're visiting.
ReplyDeleteOr use a GPS! :-)
ReplyDeleteSince this article was published, I've also been to Cyprus. It turns out that Three do have arrangements with overseas telecoms providers but that it's horrendously expensive.
ReplyDeleteI pre-loaded the farming with a freely downloaded map of the island (incredibly detailed). Then I created a 500 Geocaches pocket query and we went from there! :-)
*garmin
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