24th World Scout Jamboree WSJ USA 22nd July to 2nd August 2019.

27th July. Today, we woke up at 6am and packed our things in order to get ready to go to Mount Jack. We had breakfast at 6:30am, ate cereal and packed our lunch for the long journey ahead. We walked up the mountain. It took us just over an hour to get there, but the travel was followed by a very beautiful view. The weather was very pleasant to hike through. Once we arrived, we were introduced to the activities available on the top of the mountain. We broke off into our groups and went ahead to whatever activities we liked. There was knife and axe throwing, a blacksmith, pioneering, workshops and cross-country obstacle races and a 1920 campsite. At around 1pm, we all made our way down to the central stage. There was a barbecue and live music and at 2:30pm, we all met up together for a group photo. We hiked all the way back down the mountain. Upon arrival, we all showered and went to charge our devices and Lefkara patrol prepared dinner. By Irene F 28th July. Today, we woke up at 8am, had breakfast and put on our full uniforms to prepare for the 10am church service. After the church service ended, the unit met up with the other Cypriot units to take a picture. After that, the group went their separate ways, however, most people went zip-lining. We booked a time and zipped across the stadium and world point. After the zip lines, we tried food from different countries at the food tents. Today, was very tiring, especially due to the heat and the service, so we went back to the campsite and showered and the Vouni patrol began preparing dinner. Straight after dinner, Vouni patrol cleared up before heading up to the talent show at our base camp. By Jessica T

29th July. Today, was a very busy but fun day. Some people woke up at 6am to go to the shooting ranges. The rest of us woke at 6:30am and went to do kayaking. We were lucky as we were the first to get there so there was no queue. After kayaking, our group headed to the rock climbing which was extremely fun. We even did the leap of faith, where you had to jump off a very high wooden shelter, supported only by a few ropes. Around 6:30pm, we arrived at sub camp F, where four of us had dinner with the American troop that we had met in KISC, Switzerland 2 years ago. It was so nice seeing them again and sharing memories from Switzerland and making new friends. We taught them how to play some card games and they showed us their troop song. We even promised to meet up again before the jamboree ends. We arrived at our camp at 10pm where all of us shared our days experience and then went to bed. By Ioanna A

30th July. We woke up at 7am, had breakfast and at 7:30am, set off for some activities like the water obstacle course. We were pretty tired after that so we went to the food and beverage tent. I had onion rings and chips, while others had corn dogs very American! We then met with our friends from Canada and decided to go to sit by the lake. While we were there, we heard an emergency alert, warning everyone about a storm and that we had to get shelter ASAP. We began to run back to our camp but on our way there, we realized, the main bridge (which we needed to cross to get back to our campsite) was closed until the lightning advisory was lifted. We decided to take the long trail back to our camp, instead of waiting for the bridge to open. While we were walking, it began to rain heavily so we had to run back to camp and we were soaking wet, so we changed and got ready for dinner. For diner, we had pasta with tomato sauce. At 8pm there was the basecamp A/B bash, where a DJ and a band came to play for us. It finished by 10:30pm and by 11pm, we were all in bed. It was a long and exciting day. By Stephanie K

31st July. As the jamboree was about to end soon, we decided to head up to the world point and take a walk around the summit just to take in the beautiful area before we left. By lunchtime, it began to rain so we stopped at a food house to buy some food and get shelter from the storm. When the rain calmed down a bit, we met some friends who had invited some of us to dinner previously. Together, we headed towards Brownsea Island, the artificial island to represent where scouting started. We did activities there, with not only our friends, but also scouts from other countries. After the tour of the island, we began heading back to our camp to take a shower and wash our clothes. After dinner, most of us went to our base camp bash which had great music on that night. By Jessica T