Hare Krishna everyone! Planning for the holiday’s already? If you’re looking for adventure and at the same time still Krishna Conscious, then why not check this out!!!
For the past twelve years, Krishna Culture Festival Tour volunteers
have brought youth and young adults on spiritual adventures throughout
North and Central America. If you’re into yoga, spirituality,
vegetarianism, eastern traditions, looking for peace of mind, read on.
Our tours are organized entirely by volunteers. We divide our costs
among the participants, kind of like a communal road-trip among friends.
All drivers, organizers, team leaders, cooks are volunteers. For the
duration of the tour we follow the lifestyle of a yogi, abstaining from
meat, intoxication, sex, and gambling. We will live simply, on bunk beds
in our bus, and cook healthy vegetarian meals. (Our bus has a bathroom
with flush toilet and shower.)
We’re interested in a genuine spiritual experience and exchange of love
between tour participants, between everyone we meet on the tour, as
well as on a divine level, with the Supreme Reservoir of Pleasure, who is
known as Krishna in our tradition.
Amidst some of the most breathtaking scenery in North and Central
America, our main activities will include mantra meditation and Kirtan,
chanting and singing the pure sound vibrations of ancient spiritual mantras
that purify our heart, calm our mind, and instill joy and contentment.
Our upcoming Mexico & Guatemala winter tour is scheduled December 14
through January 5. Be there (where else?) Meet us at our starting
location in Gainesville, Florida, or anywhere along the way. Take a look at
lots of photos of the places we’ll be visiting in Mexico and Guatemala –
plus hundreds of photos from previous tours in the “Pics” section on
the MySpace.com/krishnatours website.
Highlights:
* Kirtan Retreat on the bus to Mexico.
* Mexico City Krishna Culture Festival.
* Kirtana & sight-seeing in Oaxaca.
* Japa Retreat on Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
* Shopping at the indigenous Mayan arts
and crafts market in Chichicastenango, Guatemala.
* Hot-spring waterfalls at Lake Izabal, Guatemala.
* Mayan ruins at Tikal, Guatemala.
* Carribbean ocean beach swimming at Tulum, Mexico.
* Snorkeling the coral reef at Cozumel Island, Mexico.
* Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza and Palenque, Mexico.
* Swimming at Agua Azul cascades, deep in the Mexican jungle.
* New Year’s Eve Harinama in downtown Mexico City.
* Aztec pyramid city at Teotihuacan, Mexico.
* Kirtan and authentic Mexican vegetarian prasadam feast with
devotees at Tulancingo and Monterrey, Mexico.
* Sharing of realizations on the bus ride home.
* More (see tentative detailed schedule attached below.)
23 days (three weeks), $750 minimum donation.
($699 if you skip the snorkeling.)
Only 15 spots available.
Let Jaya Radhe and Manu know if you’re thinking about it.
Email: tour@krishna.com
Tentative detailed schedule:
(subject to change)
December:
14, Fri – Leave Alachua after mangala arati. Day of driving.
15, Sat – cross border into Mexico at Laredo. Day of driving.
16, Sun – Mexico City temple. Full morning program. Dham seva during
the day. Late afternoon Sunday festival.
17, Mon – Oaxaca, Harinama, assisting the devotees with book
distribution on their Christmas marathon. Sight seeing.
18, Tue – Pacific Ocean beach, swimming.
19, Wed – Drive to Guatemala. Cross border. Lake Atitlan campground by
evening.
20, Thu – Morning market at Chichicastenango. Afternoon relax at Lake
Atitlan.
21, Fri – Japa retreat seminars on Lake Atitlan. (Laundry)
22, Sat – 64-rounds mauna vrata day. Evening kirtan program with local
guests.
23, Sun – Drive to Lake Izabal (eastern Guatemala).
24, Mon – Lake Izabal, hot springs in the morning. Afternoon drive to
Tikal.
25, Tue – Tikal – Mayan ruins in the jungles of northern Guatemala.
26, Wed – Drive through Belize to the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico.
27, Thu – Tulum. Caribbean Ocean swimming. (Laundry)
28, Fri – Cozumel Island, snorkeling the barrier (coral) reef.
29, Sat – Chichen Itza – Mayan ruins and pyramids.
30, Sun – Palenque Mayan ruins, early morning, late afternoon: Agua
Azul cascades, swimming. Overnight drive to Mexico City.
31, Mon – Arrive Mexico City by mid afternoon. Relax at temple. Evening
program at the temple. Help make cookies for prasadam distribution.
Midnight Harinama and prasadam distribution in downtown Mexico City,
ringing in the New Year.
January 2008
1, Tue – Aztec pyramids at Teotihuacan. Gift shopping at the markets.
Evening program with devotees at Tulancingo.
2, Wed – Tula. Toltec pyramids, ruins and famous Atlantes warrior
statues. Evening kirtan
program with devotees in Leon.
3, Thu – Monterrey. Grutas de Gacia caves. Evening kirtan program with
devotees.
4, Fri – Cross border to USA.
5, Sat – Drive to Florida. Arrive back in Alachua by 10:00 p.m.
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