Holá! Welcome to our trip journal. This is a collaboration from Peace College in Raleigh, NC and University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, CO. If all things go well you will hear from the majority of us on our take on what we have seen on our 3-4 week excursion into the Yucatan. Here is the itinerary. Now remember... this is subject to change if necessary.
July 1 (Fri) Arrive in Cancun Airport
Travel by van to Cobá.
Group Dinner and Welcome/Orientation
Lecture: Spider monkey social structure and behavior (Vick)
Overnight at Villas Arqueologicas
July 2 (Sat) Early breakfast
Explore ruinas of Cobá
Lectures onsite
Lunch at Cobá
Visit village of Punta Laguna
local school, meet villagers. Visit spider monkey research
center).
Spider monkey tour. Find and watch wild spider monkeys
(have your cameras ready!!).
Depart Punta Laguna for Valladolid
Dinner at El Meson del
Lecture: Survival Spanish (Guijarro-Crouch);
Short discussion of day’s events.
Overnight at El Meson del
July 3 (Sun) Explore historic Centro of Valladolid
Lunch and swim at Cenote Ikkíl.
Explore ruinas of Chichén Itzá during the afternoon.
Lectures onsite
Depart for Hacienda Yunkú.
Dinner: Traditional Maya meal (Comadre Isa)
Lecture: Life on the Hacienda
Overnight at Hacienda Yunkú (beds and hammocks)
July 4 (Mon) Relax at the hacienda!
Breakfast
Morning lecture: Geology and Ecology of the
Yucatan Peninsula and Points South
Swimming in local cenotes and hacienda pool.
Explore local village, meet village children.
Picnic lunch.
Dinner: Traditional Maya meal (Comadre Isa)
Preview of Trip to the highlands: The Highland
Maya
Videos: Highland Maya
Pack for San Cristobal
July 5 (Tues) Early breakfast, then depart for San Cristobal
via Villahermosa
(Students should travel with relevant second course
Instructor if possible; Dr. Vick will spend time with each
group, discussing Highland Maya culture)
Lunch en route
Group Dinner
Group Meetings (for second course)
Overnight in XXXXX
July 6 (Wed) Early Breakfast, then depart for San Cristobal
Group lunch in the city
Explore City
Dinner
Explore city by night
Overnight at in San Cristobal
July 7 (Th) Group Breakfast
Visit San Juan
Group Lunch
Dinner
Overnight at XXX in San Cristobal
July 8 (Fri) Early Breakfast
Drive to Toniná
Explore Tonina ruinas
Lectures onsite
Group Lunch
Visit Agua Azul – swim in the falls
Dinner in Palenque
local tourist bus
Overnight at XXXX in Palenque
monkeys overhead)
July 9 (Sat) Early breakfast
Explore Palenque
Lectures onsite
Be on the lookout for Lacandon Maya
Lunch en route
Stop at cemetery of Pomúch
syncretism)
Arrive at El Maisson de Lafitte in Mérida (city home)
Dinner
Explore Mérida’s centro by night
July 10 (Sun) Breakfast in the hotel
Mérida Sunday
Lunch on own
Late afternoon lecture: Prehistory of Mesoamerica –
Olmecs to Aztecs
Dinner on own
July 11 (Mon) Explore Mérida’s centro
Castro Pacheco murals in Palacio de Gobierno
Casa de Montejo
Market
Afternoon lecture: Prehispanic Architectural Styles;
Mexican Muralist Movement
Lunch as group
Dinner as group
Visit English library to practice Spanish (charlas)
July 12 (Tues) Early breakfast
Explore Dzibilchaltun, swim in Cenote Xlacah
Lunch at Progreso
Swim at Progreso
Afternoon Lecture: Maya hieroglyphics and Maya Math
Group dinner in Mérida
July 13 (Wed) Early breakfast
Group lunch in city
Museum of Popular Art
Lecture: History of the Yucatan; Yucatec Maya
Group dinner in city
July 14 (Th) Early breakfast
Visit Izamal (Cathedral, Kinich Ka’ak Mo pyramid, and city)
Lectures onsite
Lunch with Miguel, the hammock maker, in Tixkokob,
Ake if time allows
See hammock making
Lecture: Hennequen and Green Gold: The Plant and its
Impact
(Clementina Iuit, Manuel Rubio)
Group dinner in Mérida
July 15 (Fri) Early breakfast
Group lunch in city
El Centenario Zoological Park
Lecture: Conservation in the Yucatan
Group dinner in Mérida
July 16 (Sat) Early breakfast
Travel to Celestún (“ria” system, “ojo de agua,” flamingos,
salt production)
Lectures on site
Group lunch on the beach
Dinner on own in Mérida
July 17 (Sun) Breakfast at hotel
Mérida Sunday
Lunch on own
Finish Mérida-based assignments
Dinner on own
Pack for the hacienda
July 18 (Mon) Early breakfast in hotel
Travel to hacienda via Loltun cave and archaeological site
(TBD)
Lunch en route
Traditional Maya Dinner by Comadre Isa
Videos/Discussion: Life among the Yucatec Maya
July 19 (Tues) Breakfast at hacienda
Morning:
Service-Learning Kid’s Camp
Picnic lunch
Afternoon classes (second course selected)
Dinner – cooked by group
Videos/Discussion: Life among the Yucatec Maya
Turn in Notebooks for Course 1
July 20 (Wed) Breakfast at hacienda
Morning:
Service-Learning Kid’s Camp
Picnic lunch
Afternoon classes (second course)
Dinner – cooked by group
Evening classes (second course)
Turn in Take Home Exams for Course 1
July 21 (Th) (3 Weekers Leave)
Breakfast at hacienda
Morning:
Service-Learning Kid’s Camp
Picnic lunch
Afternoon classes (second course)
Dinner – cooking demonstration by Isa with help by students
Evening: Service-Learning with Adults
July 22 (Fri) Breakfast at hacienda
Morning:
Service-Learning Kid’s Camp
Picnic lunch
Afternoon classes (second course)
Dinner – cooked by group
Evening: Service-Learning with Adults
July 23 (Sat) Breakfast at hacienda
Morning:
Service-Learning Kid’s Camp
Picnic lunch
Afternoon classes (second course selected)
Dinner – cooked by group
Evening: Maya or other lesson by village Adults
July 24 (Sun) Breakfast at hacienda
Morning class (second course)
Early lunch (picnic)
Explore Uxmal
Lectures onsite
Group dinner near Uxmal
Uxmal Sound and Light Show
July 25 (Mon) Breakfast at hacienda
Morning:
Service-Learning Kid’s Camp
Picnic lunch
Afternoon classes (second course)
Dinner – cooked by group
Evening: Service-Learning with Adults
July 26 (Tues) Breakfast at hacienda
Morning:
Service-Learning Kid’s Camp
Picnic lunch
Afternoon classes (second course)
Dinner – Maya cooking lesson by village woman
Prepare for exit trip
July 27 (Wed) Very early breakfast at hacienda
Travel to Puerto Morelos
Snorkeling
Lunch on the beach
Dinner on own
July 28 (Th) Early Breakfast
Leave for US via Caucun airport
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