http://www.celasmaya.edu.gt/

Beth and I enrolled in Celas Maya to learn spanish. We will be studying spanish four-hours a day with a one-on-one tutor, then we are off to have some fun, not that studying is not fun... Here are some of the excursion they offer:

A guided hike to the summit of the nearby Santa María volcano
A trip to the beautiful and lush hot springs at Fuentes Georginas
A participatory ceremony led by a Mayan priest
Salsa and merengue dance lessons
An overnight trip to a beach lodge on the Pacific coast, with trash collection to make a bonfire and conservation activities in a nearby mangrove reserve
A weekend day-trip to a fair trade coffee and banana plantation
Excursions to an indigenous weaving cooperative run by women and a glass-blowing cooperative run by men

Beth and I will be staying in different locals with two different Guatemalan families. This cultural immersion should be amazing, but I will let you know when I get there.