Saturday 30 July by Brenda Kateguru

All of a sudden it was morning already. People woke up at 0645hrs as their usual time. Most of us went to bath within fifteen minutes we had already finished. We then started to cook our breakfast as well as our lunch. Then we started getting prepared for the module. It was to be held from 9.30 am until 3pm. After some few minutes all the people were prepared to go to the module. We then went to where the module was then we did a lot of activities there. We had fun with these activities. At 3 o’clock in the afternoon, we finished the activities already. Well it was quite a fun and exciting day. We had fun and were really tired so we turned into bed early.

2-3 August 2011 (Camp in camp) by Takudzwa Mujuru

Went to camp in camp at 11 o’clock and arrived at about one and a half hours. We first played a game and then went canoeing and fishing on a hot day like this. It was very fun on the beach of a lake also making sand castles.

 

After swimming and canoeing we had a brief of Swedish law on its environment. Learnt that if we foreigners are able to conserve Swedish environment the law will remain as nature belongs to everything and everyone.

 

The next day on Wednesday we played a game with the Swedes which was fun. It was a new game on attacking and defending your flag using values. Then journeyed back to our campsite.

Friday 29 May 2011 by Aldrin Munzonga

When you wake up in the morning from the sleeping bags you couldn’t guess what the day had installed for you. If you walk out you could feel the morning breeze and the cool fresh air of Sweden coming to your face. The only thing you can say is this is the best day ever.

We rushed to the bath and got ourselves cleaned up. We had cornflakes and tea as our breakfast and out patrol, the buffaloes was preparing it. For the day we were going to the Earth. Earth is a place where we do activities with which mainly specialise on man and his environment. We had an activity which wanted us to talk about natural disasters occuring in your country. We Zimbabwean, my Patrol is Buffalo chose drought as that occurred in 2007 and 2008. We talked about the problems we faced and what should have been done to prevent it.

t around 3pm when we finished the activities we rushed back to our campsite because we were getting visitors. Our patrol was going to  host 20 Spanish people. We prepared our Dinner and they arrived at 7pm. We had our dinner and they really commented on our food. When we were done we played games till they went back.  At the other hand the other patrol went to the British campsite for supper, they really had a nice time there.

The ended up early but we had a nice and cool Friday.

Journey from Vanga to Jamboree site by Harnish Patel

We started the journey from where we were staying (Vanga). We put our bags in the cars then we went to the bus station. It took about 20mins. We then got onto the bus which was a double decker . On the bus there was some Swiss people whom we all made friends with. On the way we picked up more Swiss. The journey was very long but we managed it. This Swiss people were very friendly. On the way we stopped at McDonald’s for some lunch. Then we finally got to the jamboree and were very happy to be there.

Arrival at the Jamboree by Samantha Murisa

After 5 hours of travelling, we finally arrived at the World Scout Jamboree!!! We were so excited and happy. Together with some of the Swedes who hosted us in Vanga, we off loaded our bags from the bus and entered Jamboree. The first impression we got was awesome. The bright tents stretching beyond the horizon, different people everywhere and the sight of over 35 000people smiling back at you, all wanting to know you. We carried our bags to our sub-camp, Winter. We got a little lost at first but after consulting a few people from the service team, we finally found our way to our campsite. To our surprise, no tents were put out for us but thanks to the service team we got some tents and pitched them ourselves. After that we went to get tables and benches for use and got boxes full of things we could use for cooking. We got together and sent the patrol leaders to the store to get some food for us. They got a light meal since everyone was tired and really wanted a good night sleep. After our supper we washed our plates and finally got a good night sleep, awaiting the excitement and fun of the 22^nd World Scout Jamboree.

28 July 2011 by Lloyd Nyakuyaka

Things were simply flowing smoothly in the world of scouting in the beautifully made country of Sweden.

I, Lloyd Tawanda Nyakuyaka am like in a paradise of my lifetime because things for my living and the living of being a scout involved in 30000 scouts with different cultures, Sweden, America, Kenya, Tanzania, Hong Kong, Belgium and thousand more countries all for one thing in the universe of scouting.

The day to day was just fine and cool for me but very rainy all day long for about three quarters of the time.

This is a moment of a lifetime that is worthy to be remembered even for the rest of my entire life. Love you all. How is Esnath?

The Opening Ceremony by Nicole Matienga

The day went so good excluding the rainy part.  We were all preparing for the Opening Ceremony of the 22^nd World Scout Jamboree.  At half past seven, we were all ready to go. It about 30minutes for us to reach the grounds. As we arrived there, there was plenty of people. Many people were excited for the opening of the Jamboree. After a few minutes the lights on the stage went on and it was so beautiful/. There were so many performances which were held. There was also ABBA which is the most popular people in Sweden and around the world. It was star-struck as we saw the ABBA crew. Though they were old they were very good in singing. All the performances were great. There was also an awesome time when the flags of each country were being raised up. The people or the leaders came to open the jamboree. After they opened it the fireworks shot up into the sky then later on the last performance was held. This performance was so good. After some few minutes the opening ceremony ended but everyone still wanted to have more. Thanks to the leaders because this day was fantastic.