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Love for our local team in Laos <3 <3 <3
Much like the villagers, the local crew played a major part in bringing the Soum Son trail to life. We couldn’t be more grateful.
One person always stood out for their enthusiasm and dedication, so let’s give a huge thank you to Mr Salee!
Mr Salee is one of our epic local guides. He’s full of curious facts about his homeland, knows all about the plants in the region and is a history geek (surprise, surprise🙂)
Lisa, our trip designer, experienced that first-hand:
‘Every time I speak with Mr Salee, I ask him lots of questions to learn from him and to get a bigger picture of the history and the religions. Every time I’m with him, I learn something new.’
She also shared how mindful Mr Salee is, always taking care of everything – including saving her from a mosquito that got caught in her eye!
Our Camino Women got to meet him yesterday at the start of our first Soum Son trail trip.
Have you met Mr Salee already?
P. S. Sophie is already in Laos, preparing for the launch of the Soum Son trail. Swipe right to see the adorable picture with the elephant she sent us!
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Sophie here from the Camino Women team. I was just going through my pictures and videos from our catch up in Melbourne yesterday. I had to share this one before I head out to Laos (tomorrow!!)
Remember Lisa, our awesome trip designer? Yep, she’s the one I interviewed about the Soum Son trail in Laos. Seeing her right before my trip felt like some divine intervention!
I thought I couldn’t get more excited, but I was so wrong!
Can’t wait to meet for the pinch-me moment when I meet the villagers Lisa told me so much about.
I’ll be back soon with more updates!
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Sophie here. You know that saying, ‘Be careful what you wish for’?
‘I’ve ALWAYS wanted to go to Northern Laos.’
I can’t believe I wrote this sentence just over two months ago (proof in the second photo). If you told me then that I’d get to go AND be there at the launch of the Soum Son trail, I probably wouldn’t have believed you…
See you there in 3 days!
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Sophie here. As I’m writing this, our local team in Northern Laos is printing out the banner for our launch of the Soum Son trail!
I really love that we went with this name - ‘Community Trail’. It looks awesome, doesn’t it?
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Sophie here. It looks like I’m not the only one training for the Soum Son Trail!
Thumbs up to our wonderful hosts in Northern Laos – they’ve aced their Homestay and Food Safety Training and they’re super excited to greet the first group to trek the Soum Son Trail.
Two of the villages were particularly keen to get exercise books for the schools. We’ve made a donation for that and threw in some balls, as well. You know what they say – a healthy mind in a healthy body!
The villagers will warmly welcome all of our Camino Women into their homes and help us understand what life is like in rural Laos.
The last picture shows them enjoying the food they helped prepare and chatting about the upcoming Soum Son trail launch. They want to do an excellent job and there’s no doubt they will!
If anyone is counting (I know I am 😊), 9 days left until I join all these beautiful humans!
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Sophie here, Camino Women.
I wanted to say a quick hello from my training hike. I can’t believe it’s only 11 days before I’m off to Laos! After so much time spent creating the trail, talking to the local team and training the villagers, I’m actually going to go and meet them all.
And all of you who are joining the first ever Soum Son trek 😊
As Olivia wonderfully put it, ‘We believe in leaving each place better than we found it.’ I expect I won’t be the same person after this trek, either!
Meet you at the launch!
Olivia here. Hope you’ve had an amazing Australia Day – I know I did!
This celebratory spirit got me thinking about the brave eight women who (of all things!) decided to take on the Kokoda trail last year.
When they returned, Sophie and I were all ears. Even today, I get goosebumps when I read their thoughts!
“I will never be the same since returning. I learned to slow down and really appreciate life after spending time in PNG.”
“The journey we all took together was massive. That feeling at the end at the finish together, when we linked arms and walked through the arches, was indescribable.”
I shared the story about their journey in a new blog post. Dive in and tell me what you think!
Could you do what they pulled off?
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Sophie here. Can you believe it? We’re just a month away from launching the Soum Son Trail Hike – our first trail exclusive to Camino Women in Laos!
It's our first ever walking trail that we have designed from scratch... and I’m taking you behind the scenes on this project.
I sat down with Lisa from our Trip Design team, who spent a few days in Laos back in May, meeting the locals and getting to know the Lowland, Midland, and Highland communities. She told me about the warmth of the villagers and even shared some funny moments (ask her about the dance with the village chief!).
I’ve shared all of this (and some more) in my latest blog post here. If you’re following our work in Laos and are curious about what makes the Soum Son Trail so special for us – dive in! I’d love to hear your thoughts!
PS: Pictured here are our lovely hosts training and preparing for our very first visit there in February!
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