Hundreds of Scouts in the Isle of Man are preparing for a truly International summer - as part of their 100-year anniversary celebrations.
Explorer Scouts from the Island will join 40,000 others from all over the world at a huge Jamboree in Essex next month.
They'll bring back with them 20 Japanese Scouts - who will stay with Manx scouting families to share each other's cultures.
17-year old Ryan Stigant, an Explorer Scout from Onchan says he'll feel proud to meet so many other youngsters with the same thing in common: (first audio clip)
Celia Marshall is the Isle of Man's Scouter.
She says the appeal of Scouting remains strong - despite the lure of many other more hi-tech pastimes: (second audio clip)
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