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As some of my friends seemed to like Geocaching I decided to keep they (and you reading this post) updated with my searches for treasures

Last Saturday, July 12th (right?? ), I was iin Ubatuba (as I’ve already said in my last post about my GSoC project status). Looking Geocaching.com I’ve found a Multi-cache there (ok, I didn’t found it myself but someone pointed me two caches in Ubatuba). It’s the Capricorni Tropicus cache. What’s the difference between a normal cache and a multi-cache? Well, the multi-cache is a cache with multiple coordinates. The first one (the one you will find looking Geocaching.com) will point to a place where you will find tips and steps to find the new coordinates and so on.

To make it short, the coordinates pointed to Ubatuba’s downtown, there I’ve found the next steps and solved the “puzzle” to find the new coordinates. They pointed to a place that I’ve already knew (a bit), near to a beach called (should I mention the name here? ). If you visit Ubatuba someday you MUST go to that beach… and bring your dive equipment ! Well, to reach that beach you go through a road (in very bad conditions) and stop your car near to a trail. The road goes on and I never had the chance (and the curiosity) to continue on it to see where it would take. But the coordinates pointed to the end of this road

Well, after reaching the end of the road and following the hints I started to follow a trail that took me to some rocks near the sea. The place is very beautiful! You have a scenic view from Ubatuba My GPS was telling that the cache was near, about 40 meters on the rocks. I left my stuff with my grandfather (yes, he was hunting with me) and started to “walk” on the rocks. After reaching the right spot i started looking through the fences, rocks and everything.

Sadly I did not found it I’m not sure if it is still there ’cause since last September no one found it. Anyway, the place worths the visit. It’s very calm and peaceful!