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 (talk)

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

• 2014-09-04 -6 106 Geohash 2014-09-04 -6 106 location.jpg

  The hash is in the house behind the gate.

• 2014-09-04 -6 106 Geohash 2014-09-04 -6 106 ARizqiP.jpg

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

Achievements

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

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