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PAID CLASS Presorted Overseas Route of the Maya U.S. Postage st First Class Mail Adventure Travel 1 14 Day Land Tour only Reserve and pay in Dear Bryn Mawr traveler, Maximum Group Size: 24 full by check or electronic funds by 4/13/2014 to On April 13, 2015 Bryn Mawr Alumnae Travel will visit SAVE a FULL 10% Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Belize, and delve into the legacies of the ancient Mayan civilization. More than 3,000 Land Tour Only • S years ago this sophisticated culture emerged from the humid E rain forests, flourished for centuries, and then vanished. In that April 13, 2015 LIZ time, the Mayans created a complex writing system, devised a Land Tour only $2595 E ONDURA calendar equivalent to our own, introduced the concept of zero in Deposit: $350 per person. MYR2015 Bryn Mawr Alumnae Travel Bryn Travel Mawr Alumnae North Avenue Marion 101 19010 PA Bryn Mawr, • B • mathematics, predicted lunar and solar eclipses, and built the • H • tallest structures in the western hemisphere. Today, their ghostly April 13, 2015 Air Add-On MALA remnants are scattered across Central America in an ancient, E Philadelphia $900 1,500-mile-long trade ring known as La Ruta Maya. UAT Additional departure cities are available. Call for details. ALVADOR G S From ruins to rituals to rural villages, we’ll trace the footsteps of the L Guaranteed Travel Protection Plan: Because cancellation policies are strongly enigmatic Mayan culture with Overseas Adventure Travel—which E enforced, trip cancellation insurance is highly recommended. Trip cancellation will provide the kind of immersive travel experience only made insurance is available through Bryn Mawr Alumnae Dissociation. An application will be sent to you after your reservation is finalized. Please contact Sarah Doody with possible by small group sizes of no more than 24 travelers. Along the Bryn Mawr Alumnae Association for further information on trip cancellation the way, we’ll meet modern-day descendants preserving their Mayan insurance. [email protected] or 610-536-5316. Standard Terms & Conditions heritage with jade carvings, colorful weavings, and warm hospitality. apply when purchasing this program. Visit our website at www.oattravel.com/tc for details. Every effort has been made to produce this information accurately. We reserve the Join us as we travel back in time to explore the Route of the Maya. right to correct errors. After you reserve your trip, toll-free customer service is available Monday–Friday Our Bryn Mawr faculty host for this adventure is Maria Luisa with faculty host Maria Luisa Crawford ’60, presents ’60, Crawford Luisa Maria host faculty with 9am to 8pm ET, Saturday & Sunday 9am to 7pm ET, and (Air Department only) Crawford ‘60, Emerita Professor of Geology. Her research is focused Monday–Saturday 9am to 5pm ET at 1-800-321-2835. on solving the history of mountain belts by looking at as many Frequent Traveler Credits: Every time you travel with Grand Circle and OAT, you’ll different aspects as possible of the kinds of rocks, the time the rocks receive a Frequent Traveler Credit worth 5% of the advertised cost of your trip formed, the location in which they formed, and the way the earth (less any discounts), applicable toward your next Grand Circle or OAT trip you take moved. Professor Crawford grew up in Guatemala, and so has a within one year. After one year, your credit value is adjusted to 3% of your advertised trip cost and remains valid for one more year. (Frequent Traveler Credits expire after 2015 13, April Departing particular interest in the geology of northern Central America. two years.) If you are currently booked on a Grand Circle or OAT trip, you can now apply the Travel Credits you’ve earned toward subsequent departures—even if you We hope you choose to join us on this enriching adventure. Space have not yet departed on your trip. Some restrictions apply. It’s Included Small Groups, will fill up quickly, so reserve yours today by calling Overseas n International airfare, airport transfers, government taxes, fees, Big Discoveries Adventure Travel toll-free at 1-800-353-6262 and pressing 2. GOVERNMENT TAXES AND FEES The following government taxes and fees are now included in and airline fuel surcharges unless Explore mystical Mayan ruins, Be sure to say that you’re with Bryn Mawr Alumnae Travel your airfare price. Government and other authority taxes and fees: September 11th Security Fee you choose to make your own air including Tikal of up to $2.50 USD applies per passenger, per flight segment (maximum charge per trip—$5.00 and mention our special Group Number: 25654. arrangements USD one-way, $10.00 USD round trip). A flight segment is defined as one takeoff and one landing. Experience today’s Mayan n Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) of up to $18 per passenger. Federal Domestic Flight Segment All land transportation and 1 culture in local weavers’ homes, Warm regards, Fee of up to $3.70 USD applies per passenger, per flight segment (defined as a takeoff and a land- internal flight at a Home-Hosted Lunch with a ing). of up to $200 USD may apply depend- n U.S. or International Departure and Arrival Charges Accommodations for 13 nights Mayan family, and during a local Route of the Maya ing on itinerary. On select itineraries that include the purchase of a pre- and/or post-trip extension, school visit Travel Alumnae Mawr Bryn n Information & Reservations: U.S. or international departure and arrival charges of up to $300 USD may apply. Call for details. 27 meals—daily breakfast, 8 lunches, and 16 dinners (including volcano-ringed Standard Terms & Conditions can be found on the web at www.gct.com/tc. Cruise 1-800-353-6262 and press 2 Lake Atitlán, the deepest lake 1 Home-Hosted Lunch) 10% FULL a n 20 small group activities in Central America legacies the Discover Wendy M. Greenfield Please be sure to mention Service Code 25654 when reserving pay and Reserve 4/13/2014 to SAVE SAVE to 4/13/2014 in full by check or or check by full in n Services of a resident, English- Call by funds electronic Executive Director speaking OAT Trip Leader of the ancient Mayans with with Mayans ancient the of Bryn Mawr Travel and OAT and Travel Mawr Bryn Bryn Mawr Alumnae Association Reservations & Information: n NEW for 2015: Gratuities for local Maria Luisa Crawford 1-800-353-6262 and press 2 guides, drivers, and luggage porters Faculty Host 267-5000 Publication date: 2/28/14 CST 2041626-40 the Great Plaza, scattered with altars and shores of Lake Atitlán in the western Day 8 A Day in the Life of Santa Day 12 Explore Yaxhá ruins • PRE-TRIP EXTENSION carved stelae, stone statues of powerful highlands of Guatemala. We take a Catarina Barahona • Home-Hosted Overland to Belize City, Belize. Make the most of your international airfare: Stay longer and discover more To/From U.S. Ambergris Cay C Internal flight Managua a Mayan rulers; and the Hieroglyphic walking tour of the town before dinner (Post-trip Extension) Granada r Lunch. After breakfast, we’ll travel into Today, we travel to Yaxhá. Yaxhá is an i Land route Masaya b NICARAGUA b 06Miles 0 Lamanai e Stairway, which features 63 steps with at a local restaurant. the countryside around Antigua to experi- active site in various stages of discovery. a Lake a n e Nicaragua Tikal National Park S 2,500 glyphs, or symbols, carved into B,L,D— Porta Hotel del Lago or similar Yaxha S To San Salvador ence A Day in the Life of Santa Catarina Here we’ll observe as archaeologists e El Salvador: Colonial Belize’s Barrier Reef & Lake Petén-Itzá Belize a City n Flores the stone. During our visit, we’ll keep an Barahona. We’ll begin with a visit to a carefully free centuries of Mayan history BELIZE a COSTA e eye out for the toucans and monkeys that local market, then connect with young from the verdant grip of the jungle. After b RICA Day 6 Cruise Lake Atitlán • Mayan Suchitoto & the Flower Route MEXICO b Pacific i inhabit the surrounding jungle. Guatemalans at a local school (when in enjoying a lunch at a local restaurant, Ambergris Caye r Ocean weaving demonstration • Optional $ a After lunch, join us for an optional session) supported in part by Grand Circle we travel overland to Belize City. Dinner 4 nights pre-trip from C Canopy & Hanging Bridges tour. 3 nights post-trip from $ horseback ride to La Pintada, a quaint Today, we cruise breathtaking, volca- Foundation. Our cultural exchange tonight is at our hotel. 595 595 PRE-TRIP EXTENSION farming village of thatched-roof homes no-ringed Lake Atitlán, the deepest lake continues at a Home-Hosted B,L,D— Belize Biltmore Plaza or similar GUATEMALA Travel from only $149 per night GUATEMALA and garden patches, where we’ll meet its HONDURAS in Central America and the heart of the Lunch, where we’ll enjoy a taste of Travel from only $199 per night friendly residents and enjoy a traditional regional specialties and a glimpse into Copán Mayan world. We’ll discover the lingering Day 13 Explore Lamanai ruins • Panajachel It’s Included Lake Atitlán HONDURAS Honduran dinner. Or take the time to influence of the Mayan art when we stop the lives of our hosts. We return to Ataco Suchitoto Discover Belize City. After breakfast, n Accommodations for 1 night on the Pacific Coast, 2 nights in Suchitoto, It’s Included Antigua Guatemala City explore the sleepy town of Copán Ruinas to visit a Santiago textile market, and Antigua this afternoon, where you’ll have we travel by boat up the New River to n Ferry from Belize City to Ambergris Caye, plus an internal flight San Salvador and 1 night in Ataco P EL SALVADOR before dinner on your own.
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