Chip gets down to work

Today, Chip got to see a little bit of the Korean countryside. After a large Korean breakfast, he started making plans to go out and see a Korean Temple, which was about a 20 minute taxi ride from Wonkwang university. Here, he was joined of course by Iain and Kevin, but also by Rovers from Moldova, Turkey and Serbia. Everyone had a great time, even though it was a very, very hot day out in the sun. It's a good thing Chip had his Beaver hat on, or he might have burned his ears.

However, it wasn't all fun and games for little Chip. He was put to work right after lunch at the Inter-America Region meeting. There was information on other youth networks from North and South America, as well as a lot of sharing of ideas and views on how Scouting can become much stronger in this part of the world.

Breaking only for a nice dinner, Chip continued long into the night, for a total of eight hours with the Inter-America Regional meeting. There's a lot that has happened even in just the last year around the Americas so there's a lot of information to soak in. In just one room, there were delegates from the very north of North America, to the very southern tip of Argentina: literally spanning the globe from the North to South Poles. What a great concept.

From all the discussions of the day, compounded with a significant lack of sleep last night, Chip is pretty tired so he may have to go to bed a little early tonight. It's only midnight here in Iksan. Still, the Canadian Flag flies proudly from Chip's little flag pole as he represents all Beaverkind at the World Scout Youth Forum.