Sunday, June 22 until Saturday, June 28, 2008
Delegation 72 Summary Objective:
The delegation's objective is meet a wide variety of the Mayan women and men who are producing and distributing artisan, agricultural, and commercial products in the autonomous, indigenous communities of Chiapas, Mexico. Participants will have the option to visit the ancient Mayan city of Palenque. Additional activities will be arranged based in participants’ interests and concerns.
Delegation 7 2: Summary description:
Participants will visit two civilian Zapatista centers and learn about the Zapatista production of traditional weavings, bee products, music, cacao, boots, herbal medicines, and especially organic coffee. No special linguistic skills, business, or artistic experience are required. An experienced, full time translator/guide will live and travel along with the delegation.
Delegation 72 will sleep in comfortable hotels
This trip will be based in comfortable hotels with day trips in comfortable modern vehicles to the autonomous, indigenous communities (read Zapatista) in the hot lowlands and misty highlands of the Mexican southeast. For that reason the cost is slightly higher than other trips @ three weeks of the minimum wage. Most Schools for Chiapas trips involve rustic living without modern conveniences.
Cost for Delegation 74:
Three weeks of the minimum wage of your country. U.S. residents cost = 3 X $262 U.S. weekly minimum wage = $786 (airfare not included). Note: Cost varies by country of residence because the price is equal to three weeks of the minimum wage of the resident country. For example, U.S. participants pay $6.55/hour X 1209 hours = $786; professionals and highly paid workers may want to consider an additional donation. Price includes all ground transportation after arriving in San Cristobal de las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico, two meals a day, six nights in comfortable hotel, six days with full time guide/translator, coordination of delegation, and donation to an autonomous Mayan educational project.
Getting there and getting away
Delegation 75 will begin at 5pm, Sunday, June 22, 2008 in the tourist destination city of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico (exactly meeting place to be announced) and Delegation 75 will end at noon on Saturday, June 28, 2008 in the tourist destination city of Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico. The closest airport to San Cristobal de las Casas is Tuxla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico at airport Llano San Juan (TGZ) . The closest airport to Palenque is Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico at airport Capitan Carlos Perez (VSA) . You should allow two hours for travel between Tuxla Gutierrez and San Cristobal; you should allow three hours for travel between Palenque and Villahermosa. Long distance buses to Mexico City or Cancun frequent both cities.
Delegation 75 Registration Deadline:
There will be a 10% fee reduction for delegates who complete their online application and pay all fees on or before May 1, 2008. Application and payment deadline is May 15, 2008; applications or payments which arrive after May 15, 2008 will be charged an additional 15% handling fee.
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We set the prices of most of our delegations according to the approximate weekly minimum wage in your country. This trip costs the equivalent of 3 weeks' minimum wage. To find out how much you should pay for this trip, select your country from the list below. If your country is not in this list or you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
