An early start this morning, alarm going off at 5:30, no sign of Chris! Grabbed a shower and messaged Chris, in he walked he’d been up all night!! Packing as quickly as we could we headed to check out and the UK team batched us up in our train times ready to make our way… Continue reading Day 8 Hiroshima
Author: Alastair
Day 7 Shake, Sumo and Wow
Up and out at 11.00 to catch the train to a Sum restaurant with 300 other UK IST we arrived and were seated, before us was a selection of foods and a pot containing vegetables and chicken, a host came around and turned on the cooker and the mix started to boil and cook the… Continue reading Day 7 Shake, Sumo and Wow
Day 6 Gadgets and Gods
We left the appartment mid morning after a reasonable nights sleep, 3 footons was semi comfortable, and headed to the Shinagawa Prince Hotel, our home for the next 2 days. There were loads of Brit IST coming and going as we made our way to get checked in, we dropped off our bags and headed… Continue reading Day 6 Gadgets and Gods
Day 5 Bye bye Hong Kong, hello Tokyo
Up early at 5:30 to pack and get ready, we caught the bus just a minutes walk from the appartment and headed off to the airport. Checking in we headed for some food and bumped into a load of Dutch Scouts on the way to the Jamboree. We exchanged travel details and wished them a… Continue reading Day 5 Bye bye Hong Kong, hello Tokyo
Day 4 The Big Buddha
Fiona played mum and went and bought some breakfast whilst the rest of us got up. Chris was designated Tour Guide for today having researched it the night before, so we set off in the rain to see the Big Buddha on Lantau Island. We caught the MTR to Tung Chung then walked over to… Continue reading Day 4 The Big Buddha
Day 3 Bright Lights and Dim Sum
Started the day with a lazy morning, the result of not getting in to 3:30am! The weather has turned and it’s raining, the locals just walk around with brolly up, the heat and humidity hasn’t changed, 30C and 95% humidity, good training for Japan. We headed to BP International a rather fancy hotel owned by the… Continue reading Day 3 Bright Lights and Dim Sum
Day 2 – Exploring Hong Kong
Up at a sensible time and after sorting ourselves out we set off, stopping on the way to the MTR we bought breakfast, sausage in a bun for me, like a hot dog but a sweet bread and covered in cheese,a good start to the day. We got the MTR from Jordan to Central then… Continue reading Day 2 – Exploring Hong Kong
Day 1 – Travel to Hong Kong
So Chris turned up at 1:00 to start our journey to the Jamboree via Hong Kong. we picked up Nutt and Fiona and set off for the airport, we were soon at Heathrow and boarding our Cathay Pacific flight to Hong Kong. We arrived in Hong Kong at 1:30 local time (8 hours ahead)… Continue reading Day 1 – Travel to Hong Kong
It’s nearly Jamboree time!
Ok, first post of my new blog for the 23rd World Scout Jamboree…. On Friday I start my travels to join the 23rd World Scout Jamboree in Japan, I’m travelling via Hong Kong for a few days before joining the UK IST Contingent in Tokyo for ISTokyo a welcome to Japan event being held for… Continue reading It’s nearly Jamboree time!
Day 15 Copenhagen Airport
Arrived at 3:00 Scouts everywhere Check In is not yet open.