Geocaching- Jan Palach

Today I went geocaching, a fun treasure quest which anyone with a GPS can do. Through the Geocaching Website I located a cache in the Woluwe area and headed off on my bike in search of adventure.

The version I selected was the Jan Palach cache which had an added bonus of a little history lesson. In August 1968, the Soviet Union together with other troops of the Warsaw Pact invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the liberalising reforms. A group of Czech students made a suicide pact intending to sacrifice themselves in protest of this invasion. Jan Palach was the first to set himself on fire in Wenceslav Square in Prague on 16 January 1969. The coordinates of the cache were revealed using information on the Plaque at the base of the statue.

Jan Palach Statue

Google Map Location and where I searched

Possible cache location

Unfortunatly my phone malfunctioned and I ended up not finding the treasure afterall. However, it was still really fun solving the code and then stomping through the woods!

A bientot,
Niamh