24th Johor International Jamboree 15th Nov ~ 20th Nov 2008 (Part 1 of 2)

Title : The 24th Johor International Scout Jamboree
Date : 15th-Nov ~ 20th Nov 2008
Venue : Kem Jubli Intan, Tanjong Laboh, Batu Pahat, Johor.
Coordinate : N 1°31.8551 E 103°49.135'
Participant : expect more then 3000 participant
from all states in Malaysia, and other countries and continent.
Weather : Humidity 83%, Barometer 29.74in, Temp 24~32*C

Welcomes to Johor, Malaysia.


Picture downloading will be a bit slow ... cos i have 116pcs of them...


scout main tower, sorry i've forgotten how tall issit'
but what i heard..... it's the tallest yet so far ...

zoom zoom zoom, the boys hard at work, in the hot sun....
careful there buddy ...

site plan layout, this place is huge, you don't want to get
lost here, i guesstimate about 4 hectare square

HAM's briefings ... we have 6 sub kems to allocate our
rigs and stuff for the event.

activity centre, the only area with cement ...

our neighbouring scout brotherhood, Bengkalis from the Riau
province of Indonesia

Scouts DIY cloth hanger

DIY HF antenna from our HAM brotherhood, not bad,

SWR reading pretty low... nice workmanship tooo ... salute !

Jaya (9W2BUG) taking a closer look ...

in action ....

Scouts and HAM Officials from Johor Bahru

i know i won't be starved here ... plenty of food stalls and

they even had an ice-cream mobile van ...

porta' rigs ! count the radios, with linear power

supply. super creative from one of the Ham,

alamak, callsign got block by the PTT ...

owner, please claim your porta' rigs.

scout scarf into good use

this camp will reminds you of some army movie you watch ...

the boys clearing up the camp site

another company of participants just arrived

yeah... take a break ...

the sign board says it all ...

claiming their territory...

that's team work ...the boys clearing up camp site...

taking a break ...

continue with the camp setup

most of the tower and entrance are fully

constructed by Bamboo, an easily found

resource in Malaysia and with the shortest

re-growth rate... unlike timber, that sums up

to environment friendly Jamboree...

more clearing up to do at the backyard

moss found on some trees here .... a natural water retained

type of parasites .... keep the atmosphere cool ...

another new company just arrived ...

day 1, expect many participant from

other states to arrive in the late evenings...

where's my camp site ????

boys ... watch out for these ...... get ur sulphur ready....

team work, building up the entrance... there is a name for this

someone please advice ....

the official event scarf/neckerchief

participant's badge, can be use as a woogle too

Jaya (9W2BUG), with the various design of these

event's Jamboree badge

list of scouts title/awards

i'm thinking to join this company ...

you do the reading please ...

nice post yah ..

friends from the Riau province of Indonesia, Bengkalis

they are very very creative ...

this place, the venue of the event is a dedicated Scout camp

and activity site

handy man ... (9W2DAL)

some of the exhibits ..

wild berries ... as Feroz says... this is edible and it will ease

your diarrhea if u had one in the jungle, i tried ... the taste

not bad ...

that's the flower, so the next time you go camping ...

memorise this flower ok ? this will replace your

pill chi kit teck aun ..... and with a fruity after-taste....

company from Malacca

Jaya doing David Blaine magic tricks ...

oh ... the smoke is actually from these boys ... ha ha ha

a whole lot of bamboo

a souvenir stall selling scouts memobilia.... you can have

your name written there and make it as a key chain too..

the boys and girls of Bridged taking notes from leaders.

season camper ... a about 15 minutes, it's done. ...

and back resting and this boy really knows how to spend his

freetime ......... by reading ...

guess what's the long Q was .....

these boys are everwhere to be found ....

friends from Riau province of Indonesia just arrived.....

Gerakan Pramuka, the National Scouting Organisation

of Indonesia, founded 1961 with a membership of

8 millions Cub Scouts, Scouts and Rovers.

this is no magic, floating flag pole .... experienced camper

for sure... we'll done !

like the proverb is Bahasa Malaysia says...

"dimana ader gula, disitu ada semut..." translations ....

"where ever there is sugar, they bound to be ants..."

the tourism board of Terengganu sends their message to the masses

another long Q, this makes me a bit hungry too ...

nothing stop this Feroz when it's about Radio

stuff ... seen here this fellow has forgotten he has

just done an operation on his hand ....

these are not to catch birds, but to received and

transmits signals ..

these company of ants has lost their senses, they have mistaken

bamboo with sugar cane .... anyway .... there are here too ..
troop.... troop... !!!

friends from Sabah, East of Malaysia.

company # 10

Jon's collection of Jamboree's history

where is my 8th..... let me find ....

Jon's 2nd collection, Malaysian Jamboree history

actually, there is nothing wrong with my camera ....

i set it, delayed for 10seconds ....

something just happend between the 10seconds ....

that's our mini, portable, radio shack, the supporting beams

are carefully hand crafted (hand made laa)

click to see the details what we're been through ..

no joke .. alot of ideas and workmanship ... :P

sup tulang (mutton's ribs soup) or some call it

soup gearbox... ha ha ha

mutton's soup, boneless .... abit expensive.... but what can you

do, we're in the middle of a jungle here ....

that's my nasi briyani with mutton and beef rendang
i bet you might be salivating by now .... :P

our friends from Maldives !

we got prove ! very friendly Maldives boys.

entrence tower in the making ...

the locals Batu Pahat's entrance ... final touch-up

that's the end of report for day 1, 15th November 2008....

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