Sunday, January 3, 2010

Guatemala Trip Planned for 2012! Wanna Come?

Kade and I will have our 10th Wedding Anniversary in 2012 and Kade really wants to go back to my mission in Guatemala. We are going to Guatemala in June or July of 2012!
We have done quite a bit of research and found a great tour that takes us to the ruins of Tikal (the picture above), the City of Antigua (with the Jade and Silver Factory and a Macadamia Nut Farm), Lake Atilan (the Water's of Mormon) and the indigenous tribes around the lake, the indigenous city of Chichicastinago with it's indigenous market, Copan in Honduras (more ruins), and the Rio Dulce by the Caribbean Sea. The tour pays for our meals, transportation, entrance fees, tours, and accommodations each night. The tour lasts 11 days and is $999.00 per person, which is a fantastic deal. We will probably extend our time there at least two more days to go to the Guatemala Temple, Mercado Central (the biggest souvenir market in Guatemala), climb the active Volcano, Volcan Pacya, and visit the Familia Sazo in la Zona 6 de Mixco. We are planning on about $500.00 for each of us to have a round trip ticket from Las Vegas to Guatemala and then extra money for souvenirs and other things, so about $4000.00 for both of us for about 2 weeks.
We are starting to save this month for our big trip and we will be doing some extra jobs (like teaching a session of Summer school, etc.) to help earn the money to go. We have two to save up and then buy the tickets and book our tour in January or February of 2012.
If anyone else wants to come you are welcome to! Start saving your money and arrange for a sitter! (The tour is through Caravan.com in case anyone wants to look it up.) Let us know if you are interested!

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