I got a contract offer today for a 2 month project in Japan. There are 30 caches in Japan, but it seems to me I read somewhere that there are some countries that will not allow you to bring a GPS into the country.

Does anyone know if there is a listing of those countries anywhere? I did a general search on the forums but didn't find anything, and considering the attitude that seems to run rampant on the forums, I figured I ask a more civilized group (namely GGA) before I exposed myself that that bunch.

A geocacher's nighmare: able to find hundreds of hidden boxes all over the world, yet can only find one sock when unloading the clothes dryer.

You should be good to go. Even the taxi drivers use them to find their way around town.

See ya on the hunt!

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Originally posted by sparc77:
I got a contract offer today for a 2 month project in Japan....

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why dont you ask yellow jacket - he was (or possibly still is) there. he brought a travel bug to japan that i brought back to georgia from new york!

corey
team PEZ

I was going to suggest getting the profile of a cacher in Nipon and emailing them. Sounds like a great assignment to a great country. I was there in the military for two and a half years back in the late 60's - early 70's. I was outside Tokyo about a 30 minute train ride. I'm sure things have changed in the past 30 years. I'm envyous! Have fun!

I really wanted to accept the offer. I'd love to visit Japan, and the $11k/month paycheck looked good too, but they wanted me to ship out in 48 hours. In my industry, doing a "cut and run" by walking out on a present employer with little to no notice is essentially professional suicide. I'd never get another contract, so it looks like I won't be going.

A geocacher's nighmare: able to find hundreds of hidden boxes all over the world, yet can only find one sock when unloading the clothes dryer.

Sorry to hear you had to decline a lucrative offer, but it sounds like you made the right choice; career-wise.