Click to walk back across the border to Mexico!

Click to fly to our next destination: Belize!

 

Then we went...

Guatemala : April 1- 11, 2006
Center for Global Education staff: Fidel Xinico and Ruth Garrido

Saturday, April 1
Afternoon: Crossing borders between Guatemala and Mexico
Evening: Arrival in Quetzaltenango and talk on Mayan Cosmovision by Audelino Sac

Sunday, April 2
Morning: Arrival in Chichicastenango and free time at the Market
Afternoon: Group relflection/discussion led by Drs. Ching and Fraser

Monday, April 3
Morning: Talk by the ex-guerrilla Pablo Ceto and leave for visit to the indigenous community of Chontala. Talk with a Methodist Pastor Diego Chicoj and widows, Maria Tomasa, Maria Saquic, Manuela, Sebastiana.
Afternoon: Participate in a Mayan Ceremony at Pascual Abaj Mayan site, by Pedro Yac and Fabiana Cochoy

Tuesday, April 4
Morning: Leave for Panajachel
Afternoon: Tour of Santiago Atitlan, Visit Maximón, the brotherhood, the church by Dolores Ratzan

Wednesday, April 5
Morning: Time in Atitlan
Afternoon: Travel to Antigua

Thursday, April 6
Free day in Antigua (options to go to hike the Volcano Pacaya or spend the day in Antigua)

Friday, April 7
Morning: Travel to Puerto Barrios
Afternoon: History of Garifuna People by Rogelio Lino

Saturday, April 8
Morning: Leave for Aktenamit Project and Beach of Salvador Gaviota followed by a talk on Garifuna Culture by a Garifuna Woman, Gloria Nuñez
Afternoon: Free time for swimming
Evening: Lecture on Indigenous Identity and group reflection, by Drs. Ching and Fraser

Sunday, April 9
Travel to Tikal

Monday, April 10
Morning:Tour to the Site of Tikal
Afternoon: Leave for the canopy tour
Evening: Observe the sunset on a Mayan temple.

Tuesday, April 11
Morning:Final Reflection, lecture by Drs. Ching and Fraser on the historic origins of poverty.
Afternoon: Depart to Belize