I tried it once in Lithuania together with Bruno (a Erasmus student from Portugal) and it is really enjoyable. I have never heard about it a lot but over here it seems to be more popular.
But first what is Geocaching?
Basically, geocaching is a world-wide scavenger hunt using GPS technology. The hobby is great for people of all ages (including little kids) and abilities (even for people with disabilities). There are caches hidden all over the world in cities and forests and everything in between.With geocaching, there are no dues to pay or clubs to join. Simply log onto geocaching.com for access to nearly 2 million cache coordinates all over the world.
What you need:
- A smartphone or GPS
- Internet connection: You will only need the internet connection to download the locations of caches and then to log your finds on the listing sites afterwards. So download the caches before depart
- water and maybe snacks
- a pen
- camera to make photos! you will see it makes a lot of fun and photos are good memorabilias.
I have found some really funny geocaches here and it is a really nice way to discover the city. You have a reason to go out into the nature and you will see everything from another point of view. :)
Moreover it was great because we met some young scouts while searching for the same caches. I won't have found it without them. :)
I really like geocaching now but it is only good with good company. So if you want to try it to just ask.. You know where you can find me :P