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Day 1. - Arrive in Guatemala City. A car will be waiting outside the airport to bring you to your first hotel for one night in the beautiful and historic city of Antigua.

Day 2 - Breakfast at your boutique hotel, followed by a morning to explore Antigua. Antigua is fun, safe and easy to explore.

•   Via shuttle and boat, you will arrive at Casa Paloma in the afternoon of Day 2. Miguel and Mateo and Francisco will bring your bags to your room.  Drinks and appetizers, followed by a tour of Casa Paloma.

Day 3 - Day 7 - Every morning, the sauna will be hot by 6:15 am. You might want to start your day with a sauna and a swim, or a little kayaking.  There will be coffee and tea in the kitchen from 6:30 am on.

• Optional Yoga class on the Yoga platform with professional instruction

• Breakfast with whiteboards to sign up for private conferences with Joyces, massage, and excursions.

• Private conferences or personal writing time

• Workshopping sessions, roughly 30 minutes each with a break for snack

• Craft talk with Joyce with appetizers and drinks for those who choose

• Dinner

• Readings in the living room

Throughout the week there will be optional excursions such as the sunrise hike, waterfall hike, traditional Mayan Shamanic ceremony, Cacao with Rosa and more.

Day 8 - Your packed and labeled bags will be transported from your room to the boat by 5:15 am for a 6 am boat that will bring you to the shuttle in Panajachel, and from there to the airport. We will provide fruit and bread for your trip and coffee/tea for the morning.

*Please note this is a rough example schedule.  We are likely to make changes over the course of the week.