| FUTURE TRIPS
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| October 5th, 2011 |
October 17th, 2011
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Copper Canyon of Mexico |
Fly to Tucson, AZ October 5 and I will pick you up at the airport and bring you to Green Valley, AZ where you will spend the night and the next a.m. fly by small plane from Nogales, AZ to El Fuerte, Mexico where you will work Thursday afternoon, Friday and Saturday in one of three clinics that Liga International runs in the area.
Sunday morning we will take the train from El Fuerte up into the Copper Canyon (about a four and a half hour ride) where we will detrain at the small town of Bahuichivo. We will be met by one of the local lodge owners and delivered to his lodge, usually, but not always, the San Isidro Lodge. San Isidro usually charges $120 single and $170 double but charges us $25 per night per person and that includes meals.
Monday morning we will go to a village and work, eat and sleep in the school for five days seeing students for fillings, extractions and sealants and adults for extractions before going back to the San Isidro Lodge on Friday and leaving by train for El Fuerte Saturday afternoon bout 1:30. Sunday a.m. we will fly back to Tucson and Monday you will fly back to your point of origin. We usually get back to Nogales, AZ by 1:00 p.m. and at that point we are about one hour fifteen minutes from the Tucson airport so if you want to take a chance you can schedule your flight out of Tucson as late as possible on Sunday. WARNING: Very occasionally the small plane flights are delayed by weather in which case you might miss your Sunday flight so I recommend you fly out on Monday. The cost of the 12 day trip should be between $1,200 and $1,300 depending on where you fly out of originally.
The drill (schedule) is pretty much the same for all the Copper Canyon dental missions. See dates below
Feel free to call or email me at: kalinoff@comcast.net or 651 428 7906 if you have questions.
For more info on the Copper Canyon google Copper Canyon
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November 2nd, 2011
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November 14th, 2011
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Mexico's
Copper
Canyon |
Fly into Tucson on November 2 and I will pick you
up at the airport and bring you to Green Valley, AZ where you will spend
the night and the next a.m. fly by small plane from Nogales, AZ to El
Fuerte, Mexico where you will work Thursday afternoon, Friday and
Saturday in one of three clinics that Liga International runs in the
area.
Sunday morning we will take the train from El Fuerte up into the Copper
Canyon (about a four and a half hour ride) where we will detrain at the
small town of Bahuichivo. We will be met by one of the local lodge
owners and delivered to his lodge, usually, but not always, the San
Isidro Lodge. San Isidro usually charges $120 single and $170 double but
charges us $25 per night per person and that includes meals.
Monday morning we will go to a village and work, eat and sleep in the
school for five days seeing students for fillings, extractions and
sealants and adults for extractions before going back to the San Isidro
Lodge on Friday and leaving by train for El Fuerte Saturday afternoon
bout 1:30. Sunday a.m. we will fly back to Tucson and Monday you will
fly back to your point of origin. We usually get back to Nogales, AZ by
1:00 p.m. and at that point we are about one hour fifteen minutes from
the Tucson airport so if you want to take a chance you can schedule your
flight out of Tucson as late as possible on Sunday. WARNING: Very
occasionally the small plane flights are delayed by weather in which
case you might miss your Sunday flight so I recommend you fly out on
Monday. The cost of the 12 day trip should be between $1,200 and $1,300
depending on where you fly out of originally.
The drill (schedule) is pretty much the same for all the Copper Canyon dental missions. See dates below
Feel free to call or email me at: kalinoff@comcast.net or 651 428 7906 if you have questions.
For more info on the Copper Canyon google Copper Canyon |
January 5th, 2012
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January 15th, 2012
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Poptun, Guatemala
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We will all fly to Guatemala City where we will meet up in the airport and take a van to Antigua, Guatemala where we will spend Thursday afternoon, Friday and Saturday visiting the ruins, climbing volcanoes, shopping, eating etc. On Sunday we will take a seven hour van ride to the town of Poptun where we will work in the local hospital for five days and stay at the Finca Ixobel ecological farm. Friday afternoon we will take a van to the Tikal ruins, the most magnificent ruins in Mexico and Central America, stay in a hotel there, visit the ruins and do a couple of other things they have available there such as a canopy tour. Sunday we will take a van back to Guatemala City, stay over night at the Clarion Hotel and you fly back to your point of departure on Monday.
The cost should be around $1,500 per person.
For more info google Finca Ixobel Guatemala, Tikal Guatemala, Antigua Guatemala. |
February 1st, 2012
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February 13th, 2012
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Mexico's Copper Canyon
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Fly into Tucson on February 1 and I will pick you
up at the airport and bring you to Green Valley, AZ where you will spend
the night and the next a.m. fly by small plane from Nogales, AZ to El
Fuerte, Mexico where you will work Thursday afternoon, Friday and
Saturday in one of three clinics that Liga International runs in the
area.
Sunday morning we will take the train from El Fuerte up into the Copper
Canyon (about a four and a half hour ride) where we will detrain at the
small town of Bahuichivo. We will be met by one of the local lodge
owners and delivered to his lodge, usually, but not always, the San
Isidro Lodge. San Isidro usually charges $120 single and $170 double but
charges us $25 per night per person and that includes meals.
Monday morning we will go to a village and work, eat and sleep in the
school for five days seeing students for fillings, extractions and
sealants and adults for extractions before going back to the San Isidro
Lodge on Friday and leaving by train for El Fuerte Saturday afternoon
bout 1:30. Sunday a.m. we will fly back to Tucson and Monday you will
fly back to your point of origin. We usually get back to Nogales, AZ by
1:00 p.m. and at that point we are about one hour fifteen minutes from
the Tucson airport so if you want to take a chance you can schedule your
flight out of Tucson as late as possible on Sunday. WARNING: Very
occasionally the small plane flights are delayed by weather in which
case you might miss your Sunday flight so I recommend you fly out on
Monday. The cost of the 12 day trip should be between $1,200 and $1,300
depending on where you fly out of originally.
The drill (schedule) is pretty much the same for all the Copper Canyon dental missions. See dates below
Feel free to call or email me at: kalinoff@comcast.net or 651 428 7906 if you have questions.
For more info on the Copper Canyon google Copper Canyon |
February 29th, 2012
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March 12th, 2012
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Mexico's Copper Canyon
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Fly into Tucson on February 29th and I will pick you
up at the airport and bring you to Green Valley, AZ where you will spend
the night and the next a.m. fly by small plane from Nogales, AZ to El
Fuerte, Mexico where you will work Thursday afternoon, Friday and
Saturday in one of three clinics that Liga International runs in the
area.
Sunday morning we will take the train from El Fuerte up into the Copper
Canyon (about a four and a half hour ride) where we will detrain at the
small town of Bahuichivo. We will be met by one of the local lodge
owners and delivered to his lodge, usually, but not always, the San
Isidro Lodge. San Isidro usually charges $120 single and $170 double but
charges us $25 per night per person and that includes meals.
Monday morning we will go to a village and work, eat and sleep in the
school for five days seeing students for fillings, extractions and
sealants and adults for extractions before going back to the San Isidro
Lodge on Friday and leaving by train for El Fuerte Saturday afternoon
bout 1:30. Sunday a.m. we will fly back to Tucson and Monday you will
fly back to your point of origin. We usually get back to Nogales, AZ by
1:00 p.m. and at that point we are about one hour fifteen minutes from
the Tucson airport so if you want to take a chance you can schedule your
flight out of Tucson as late as possible on Sunday. WARNING: Very
occasionally the small plane flights are delayed by weather in which
case you might miss your Sunday flight so I recommend you fly out on
Monday. The cost of the 12 day trip should be between $1,200 and $1,300
depending on where you fly out of originally.
The drill (schedule) is pretty much the same for all the Copper Canyon dental missions. See dates below
The 52 mile Copper Canyon Ultra Marathon is held
the first Sunday of March and if you so choose you are welcome to run in
it. You must make some kind of a donation that will go for prize money
for the Indian runners. I've run in it (but not finished) for the last
two years. Fun.
Feel free to call or email me at: kalinoff@comcast.net or 651 428 7906 if you have questions.
For more info on the Copper Canyon google Copper Canyon |
May/June 2012
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May/June 2012
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Mexico's Copper Canyon
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There is a possibility that there will be a mission to the CC in late May or early June. There is an annual convention of about 1500 Tarahumara leaders that takes place in the village of Cuiteco and in 2012 we may have a full medical and dental clinic there. Stay tuned
There will be races at the May/June meeting also but I am at this point not familiar with the details.
Read the book "Born to Run" to learn more about the CC and the races. Excellent book.
If you have questions you can email me at kalinoff@comcast.net
Or call me at 651 428 7906
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REGARDING THE TRIPS
We have always managed to have a translator or two.
We will not always have an assistant so if you know an assistant or hygienist who might be interested, please encourage them to sign up.
If you have favorite instruments, please color code them (I use red, so please use a different color) and bring them along.
There are no xray facilities in the Copper Canyon. | |
