2014-09-04 -6 106

Thu 4 Sep 2014 in -6,106: -6.2273697, 106.9763615 geohashing.info google osm bing/os kml crox

Location

Jl Banteng, Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia (a residential area in front of Kranji Station)

Participants

• ARizqiP

Plans

At 3pm, while in the last class in my schedule for the day, I just checked the hash of the day and got quite surprised (still able to keep low) to see that the hash is somewhere nearby a commuter train station, which means "in my reach". So I instantly decided to take a train ride to visit the hash right after class.

Expedition

While in the class mentioned before, I realized that there were several problem in my first expedition:

1. The class would end some minutes before 4pm
2. The sun sets at 6pm
3. The ride would take a minimum of 1 hour.
4. My phone battery had low charge that it would only last a few minutes.

At 4pm, I departed from my college, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Indonesia. After I arrived at a station nearby, I spent some minutes using a free plug there to charge up my phone before taking a train.

5:30pm, I arrived at Kranji Station. Because of the bad quality of the plug I used before the ride, I used another plug in this station. After 30 minutes and barely enough power to run GPS and mobile data for a good few minutes, I set out to walk to the hash.

At 6:30pm, I arrived in front of a housing row where the hash pointed. Since a stranger wandering about a dense residential area and taking photos (after dark, to add) would raise suspicion comparable to burglary marking (and asking around definitely won't be of any help), I checked around to ensure nobody noticed, took a snapshot of the house and move away to a diner nearby. Also, my phone had no flash light that I couldn't take any selfie by the house, so i just took a photo of the house gate (and its lit terrace).

Photos

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  The hash is in the house behind the gate.

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  Can't took any selfie on the hash, so took one in a diner nearby instead.

Achievements

ARizqiP earned the No trespassing consolation prize by almost (1.7m) reaching the (-6, 106) geohash on 2014-09-04.

ARizqiP earned the Public transport geohash achievement by reaching the (-6, 106) geohash on 2014-09-04 using public transit.