Project Orion - Rovering with Turtles
is the 2nd Scouts of the World Award (SWA) Voluntary Service Project of the SWA Singapore Base.

Led by 9 Rover Scouts from Singapore and Malaysia, the project is set upon

the beautiful wetlands and beaches of Setiu, Terengganu.

Lasting 16 days from 20th June to 5th July, the team will not only be contributing to the

conservation of sea turtles, but will also be involved in mangrove replanting,
repair work for the villagers and WWF info centre, English and conservation awareness education,
assistance in the local women's cottage industry amongst many others.

"Leave the place a little better than you first found it." - Lord Baden Powell
UPDATE: The blog will be updated from time to time with more turtle new issues. However, Project Orion blog will be replaced by the next project when it starts with the new team. So, DO STAY TUNED!

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Day 5: Thunders, Lightning and Action!


We woke up still feeling very dizzy due to yesterday’s experience. It was like survivor. We were stranded in our tent and a lot came to our mind. We were worried that our tent would somehow collapse and sink into the sea of rain .Luckily River, whom was driving the “Bat-Mobile”, a jeep that night saved us from the thunderstorm. We cracked jokes about what if the heavy rain could swept us away into sea.

We headed back to our campsite at Penarik Inn hoping that it was not really flooded or even blown away. To our surprise, the tent survived the torturous night. We dismantled everything that was set up. The sun was up on our head soon after we finished laying all the stuff on the dry surface. Our new campsite was the “Pink House”.


The project has to continue so some of us headed out to the small town, Permaisuri about 45 mins drive from Mangkok, to purchase materials for the mural and house repair.
Four Rovers went down to the Sekolah Kebangsaan Mangkok to start sketching for the mural. We managed to finish the sketch by dinner time and all was running as planned till it rained again.


We couldn’t continue for the night and the rest is history...
Signing off,
Isa

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