Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
July 10. Arrive in Mérida by 2 pm at OSEA Research Center or Posada	Jul 11 Mérida orientation seminars 4 hrs, study 4 hrs	12 Mérida seminars 4hrs, study 4hrs, fieldwork 4hrs	13 Mérida seminars 3hrs, study 3hrs	14 Mérida seminars 4hrs, study 4hrs, fieldwork 4hrs	15 Mérida seminars 3hrs, study 3hrs	16 Mérida seminar 2 hrs study 4hrs, fieldwork 4-6hrs
17 Mérida all day research event, fieldwork 8-10hrs	18 Mérida seminar 2hrs fieldwork & study, 6 hrs	19 Mérida “Weekend” break/free	20 Mérida “Weekend” break/free	21 Mérida “Weekend”	22 Playa seminars 3 hrs, fieldwork 5+ hrs arrive in playa by Friday morn	23 Playa seminars 3 hrs, fieldwork 5+ hrs
24 Playa seminars 2 hrs, fieldwork 6 hrs	25 Playa seminars 2 hrs, fieldwork 6 hrs	26 Playa seminars 2 hrs, fieldwork 4 hrs	27 Playa “Weekend” break/free	28 Pisté “Weekend” arrive in Piste	29 Pisté study 8hrs, seminar 1-2 hrs	30 Mérida Study 4-6hrs, seminar 1-2 hr travel to Mérida
31 Mérida all day research event, fieldwork 8-10hrs	Aug 1 Mérida seminars 2hrs, study/fieldwork 4-6hrs	2 Pisté “Weekend” break/free	3 Pisté “Weekend” break/free	4 Pisté seminars 2hrs, study/fieldwork 4-6hrs	5 Pisté seminars 2hrs, study/fieldwork 4-6hrs	6 Pisté seminars 2hrs, study/fieldwork 4-6hrs
7 Pisté “Weekend” break/free	8 Pisté seminars 2hrs, study/fieldwork 6hrs	9 Pisté seminars 2hrs, study/fieldwork 6hrs	10 Pisté seminars 2hrs, study/fieldwork 6hrs	11 Pisté study & fieldwork 6-8hrs	12 Pisté study & fieldwork 6-8hrs	13 Pisté fieldwork & finalize projects
14 Pisté “Weekend” break/free	15 Pisté finalize projects	16 Pisté finalize projects	17 Pisté finalize projects Closing Dinner	18 OSEA Closes MIRA Students depart from Pisté
NOTES: Color-Codes. Orange/Tan indicates overnight in Mérida; Fuchsia indicates overnight in Pisté; Light Blue indicates Playa del Carmen; “weekends” are free and independent; although all weekend food & any transportation are paid for by participant, lodging in the indicated location is provided by OSEA. Thus, OSEA covers 15 nights in Mérida, 6 nights in Playa del Carmen, 18 nights in Pisté. Evening meals are covered out of pocket by the participant.
Seminars = any formal seminar, class, or forum activity; study = any independent reading, writing, labwork, or data processing; fieldwork = any type of research activity, whether group or independent, whether focused on special/scheduled or researcher-initiated event.
Program travel includes: Mérida to Playa, Playa to Pisté, Pisté to Mérida, and Mérida to Pisté. Departure travel from Pisté to airport at the closing of MIRA is at student cost. Pickup at Mérida Airport is available with advance arrangement.