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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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) …
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 …