During 2023 it was once again time for a World Scout Jamboree, this time in Saemanguem a few hours south of Seoul in South Korea.
I applied in 2022 and got accepted and at a gathering for all Swedish ISTs, I met Jonas E who was part of the same scout troop in Karlsro Scoutkår when I grew up. We teamed up and did some traveling before and after the Jamboree itself.
This is the travelplan I had:
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One month until takeoff
In just 32 days my journey to South Korea and Asia begins. This first post will kick off the relatively long series of stories that I will tell from my trip to the 25th World Scout Jamboree, Seoul, Singapore, and Jakarta. The plan is to publish a post per day. …
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Be prepared
In just four days I’m on a plane heading eastwards for South Korea. The “travel jitters” has begun to set in. In an effort to try and calm myself, I spent the Sunday packing and made sure to go through the list I’d made and see that it all fits …
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Business class, humid heat, football, tired
Today was the day. Finally, time to start the trip towards Asia, South Korea, and the 25th World Scout Jamboree. Even though I don’t have any trouble getting up in the morning if I need to, I’m not really a morning person. 4:45 is way before my preferred time of …
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War Museum, Seoul Tower, Korean BBQ
It was a long time since I slept this well. As you say hunger is the best spice, I guess exhaustion is the best sleeping pill 🙂 I woke up to the sound of rain hitting the windows and when I looked out it seemed to pour down. I should …
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The palace and south of the river
Today we walked in the opposite direction than yesterday to find some breakfast. We discovered that we have a Paris Baguette Cafe just around the corner. After a couple of sandwiches and some juice, we stepped into the subway, heading for one of the palaces. Since our finish friend from …
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DMZ and new friends!
Even though we were gonna have an early morning, I woke up even earlier because of the heat. My AC unit turns off when it reaches its set goal (18 C, the lowest possible). However, according to my thermometer, it’s 26 degrees in my room. So I spent my time …
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The final full day in Seoul
Since I’m going through clothes rather rapidly in the humid heat and there are laundry machines with free detergent at the hotel, we decided to do a round of laundry this morning. We got down to the second floor, started the machines, and then went out to the Paris Baguette …
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Travel and funny pictures
Time to leave Seoul! We got up and headed out for breakfast at our “usual” place. Then pack up the last stuff, check out, and head towards the subway and Seoul station. The board for departures only showed the upcoming six trains and since I like to travel with margins, …
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The day before D-day, everyone is here!
Woke up in our nice apartment and then showered followed by breakfast. Not the best solution for the bathroom because the humidity couldn’t go anywhere and without any shower curtain and the drain under the sink, you got water basically everywhere. We left the apartment and grabbed a taxi just …