It is always a beautiful experience to be able to meet new people and make new connection; even more so when the new people are like-minded, energetic and full of a very familiar joyous and youthful spirit.
On Saturday 29 June, I flew from my tiny island of Tasmania, stopping briefly in Melbourne to pick up the mainlanders and then we all flew onto Cambodia for the 2019 Cagliero Immersion trip.
Not even the winter chill or falling rain could deter the campers from making their way to the Don Bosco Camp and Centre (located on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula) for they knew so very well that the Junior and Senior Winter Camps are not to be missed!
In the evening of Saturday 29th June, a group of young people met up with leaders Lauren Hichaaba and Romina Martiniello at Melbourne Airport, ready to begin their immersion trip to the ‘Kingdom of Wonder’ - Cambodia.
Kakada was an exceptionally quiet boy; shy and very hesitant to do anything that would make him stand out. Of course, this is only natural for any boy of his age at a new school and seeing a foreigner for the first time! Yet, all it took for him to come out of his shell was just a moment of interaction, a mere second or two of interest.
