| Date | Logistics | Major Activities |
| Wednesday
June 30 |
Arrive Cancun, American Trans Air
Lodging at Jerusalem Hotel, Cancun (level of hotel=*½) Air |
Meet at Indianapolis airport at 11 a.m.
Bus to hotel via hotel beach zone. |
| Thursday
July 1 |
Cancun, Q.R.
to Rio Lagartos, Yucatan
(292 km. total day's bus travel) Breakfast: Hotel / Lunch: Tizimin /Dinner: Rio Lagartos Lodging: Hotel de Viola, Rio Lagartos (*) Fan |
The "other" side of Cancun; Cobá archeological
site, Tizimin (colonial city)
Rio Lagartos National Park Boat Trip (Pink Famingos, mangros, wildlife) |
| Friday
July 2 |
Rio Lagartos, to Valladolid,
Yucatan (103 km.)
Breakfast: Rio Lag. Lunch & Dinner: Valladolid Lodging: Hotel San Clemente, Valladolid (**) Air SPool TV |
Session with NGO on Environmental management of Rio Lagartos
National Park (Tizimin) Valladolid (Colonial Yucatan) |
| Saturday
July 3 |
Valladolid, Yucatan
to Merida, Yucatan (183 km.)
Breakfast: Valladolid / Lunch: Piste / Dinner: Merida Lodging: Hotel Santa Lucia, Merida (**) Air SPool TV |
Chichen Itza archeological
site
Izamal, Convento de San Antonio de Padua Various Sites: Colonial Yucatan |
| Sunday
July 4 |
Merida, Yucatan
Lodging: Hotel Santa Lucia, Merida (**) Air SPool TV |
Free day to explore Merida, museums, shop, Sunday in Merida music and other events |
| Monday
July 5 |
Merida, Yucatan
Lunch with small groups Lodging: Hotel Santa Lucia, Merida (**) Air SPool TV |
Exploring human and economic diversity of a Mexican City
/ Mexican economy, NAFTA, and foreign investment,
Merida Central Market |
| Tuesday
July 6 |
Merida, Yucatan (Progreso, 66 km.)
Lodging: Hotel Santa Lucia, Merida (**) Air SPool TV |
School visits / INEGI: Mexican mapping and census agency / Progreso |
| Wednesday
July 7 |
Merida, Yucatan to Yaxhachen, Yucatan (138 km.)
Breakfast:Bag / Lunch: Oxkutzcab / Dinner: Yaxhachen Lodging with families, Yaxhachen (hammocks) |
Yaxcopoil Hacienda,
Ticul, Mani
Oxkutzcab and Oxkutzcab market Lotun Cave |
| Thursday
July 8 |
Yaxhachen Meals with families
Lodging with families, Yaxhachen (hammocks) |
Maya Village. A Day in the Life of an Indigenous Maya Family: Women and the Household |
| Friday
July 9 |
Yaxhachen Meals with families
Lodging with families, Yaxhachen (hammocks) |
Maya Village. A Day in the Life of an Indigenous Maya Family: Men and Indigenous Agriculture |
| Saturday
July 10 |
Yaxhachen to Campeche, Campeche (255 km.)
Breakfast: Bag / Lunch: Uxmal / Dinner: Campeche Lodging: Hotel Baluartes, Campeche (***) Air SPool TV |
Puuc Ruins: Sayil, Kabah,
and Uxmal
Campeche City |
| Sunday
July 11 |
Campeche, Campeche to Palenque, Chiapas, (426 km.)
Breakfast: Bag / Lunch: Escarsega / Dinner: Palenque Lodging: Hotel Kaslan, Palenque (**) Air TV |
Campeche Gulf Coast
Maya Tecum: Guatemala Refugee Camp |
| Monday
July 12 |
Palenque - San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas (203 km.
5½h)
Lodging: Palacio de la Montezuma (**) Blankets avail. |
Mountain road to Chiapas Highlands
Town of Ocosingo |
| Tuesday
July 13 |
San Cristobal de las Casas
(Chamula, 22 km.) Lunch: Ocosingo Dinner: San Cristobal Lodging: Palacio de la Montezuma (**) Blankets avail. |
Explore San Cristobal de las Casas
Afternoon visit to Tzotzil village of Chamula Huitepec Reserve (cloud forest) |
| Wednesday
July 14 |
San Cristobal de las Casas
(Zinacatán, 22 km.) Lodging: Palacio de la Montezuma (**) Blankets avail. |
Continue exploration of San Cristobal
Afternoon visit to Tzotzil village of Zinacatan |
| Thursday
July 15 |
San Cristobal de las Casas to Palenque (203 km.)
Breakfast: San Crist. / Lunch: Agua Azul or Misho Ha Lodging: Hotel Kaslan, Palenque (**) Air TV |
Mountain road back down to lowlands
Agua Azul Falls National Park Misho-Ha National Park (swimming) Tropical Rain Forests |
| Friday
July 16 |
Palenque, Chiapas to Escarsega, Campeche (239 km.)
Lodging: Hotel Yucateco (*) Fan |
Palenque Archeological
Site
Crossroads town of Escarsega |
| Saturday
July 17 |
Escarsega, Campeche to Chetumal, Q.R (281 km.)
Breakfast: Bag / Lunch: Xpujil / Dinner: Chetumal . Lodging: Hotel Marlon (**½) Air SPool TV |
Becan Archeological
Site
Calakmul Biosphere Reserve Kohunlich Archeological Site Chetumal City |
| Sunday
July 18 |
Chetumal, Q.R. to Playa del Carmen
(308 km.) Breakfast: Chetumal / Lunch: Felipe Carillo Puerto Lodging: Hotel Maya Bric (**) Fan SPool |
Chetumal Archeological Museum
Lake Bacalar, town of Felipe Carillo Puerto Playa del Carmen (the Caribbean) |
| Monday
July 19 |
Playa del Carmen
(Tulum, Xelha 126 km) Lunch: Tulum Lodging: Hotel Maya Bric (**) Fan SPool |
Tulum Archeological
Site
Xelha Park (snorkeling in lagoon) |
| Tuesday
July 20 |
Playa del Carmen - Hotel Maya Bric
(**) Fan SPool |
Free day |
| Wednesday
July 21 |
Playa del Carmen to Cancun
Bus to airport and flight to U.S. |
Free morning
Arrive airport at 4:00 p.m. |
to buy fruit, rolls, juice, etc. the night before and eat on bus.