This is a tourist option and for that have extra cost

Requirement: Minimum of 7 people

This Tourist option, include:

* Transfer go/return to [http://juanico.com/?lang=en/"Bodega Juanicó"]
* Walk through part of Juanicó vineyards
* A visit to the winery, the antique stone buildings and the underground cellars.
* Taste Juanicó's wines in a guided wine tasting.
- Cuvee Castelar (sparkling wine, methode champenoise)
- Don Pascual white wine from our Reserve range.
- Don Pascual red wine from our Reserve range.
- Don Pascual red wine from our Roble range (oak aged)
- Minced of cold meats

[http://juanico.com/?cat=85&lang=en "See the institutional video of Juanicó"]

Wine Tour in Bodega Juanicó

2011-04-07T18:43:27Z

Micaela Acosta:

Wine Tour in Bodega Bouza

2011-04-07T18:38:43Z

Micaela Acosta:

This is a tourist option and for that have extra cost

Requirement: Minimum of 15 people

This Tourist option, include:

* Transfer go/return to [http://www.bodegabouza.com/index_eng.php "Bodega Bouza"]
* Guided tours through the vineyards, winery and cellar.
* Walks by our gardens and organic vegetable garden, bordering Melilla stream.
* Visit to de Classic Car Museum, Bouza family private collection.
* Wine Tastings, include 4 types of classic wines, together with regional cheese, selected cold cuts, and just baked bread.
* LUNCH

Some [http://www.bodegabouza.com/uruguay-wine/photos.php "Bouza's pictures"]

2011-04-07T18:28:41Z

Micaela Acosta: Created page with "This is a tourist option and for that have extra cost Requirement: Minimum of 7 people This Tourist option, include: * Transfer go/return to [http://juanico.com/?lang=en/"Bod..."

EduJAM/2011/Conozco Uruguay Tour

2011-04-07T18:27:14Z

Micaela Acosta:

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== eduTRIP! 2011 --- Community Exploration Tour --- Saturday April 30 to Thursday May 5 ==

DETAILS EMERGING BELOW AND ON OUR [[Talk:Conozco Uruguay Tour|DISCUSSION BLOG!]]

[mailto:holt@laptop.org WRITE TODAY] IF YOU WANT TO JOIN!

== Why ==
The Conozco Uruguay (C U!) community exploration tour will bring South American (and the world's) most passionate edutechnologists and committed teachers/mentors together, to witness Uruguay's and Plan Ceibal's profound journey. In conjunction with Uruguay's stongest volunteers, from CeibalJAM! to RAP Ceibal to Flor de Ceibo and beyond. As the single country which has done the most with [http://laptop.org One Laptop per Child]'s XO Laptop and [http://sugarlabs.org Sugar Labs'] software (the Sugar Learning Platform) there are few places on earth where humankind's increasing marriage to educational technology is on more vivid display.

Similar to the famous Sugar Activity [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Conozco_Uruguay Conozco] [http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4199 Uruguay] itself!

== Who is Welcome ==
Tech-savvy education people from around South America. Education-savvy hackers from around the world. While [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs/Resources OLPC and Sugar Labs experience] is not required -- nor is Spanish fluency -- enthusiasms around bringing exploratory learning into the 21st century are!

We assume participants will also participate in Montevideo's [[Uruguay Summit 2011]] May 5-7, focusing on practical futures for free educational software.

Finally, attendance will in fact be limited to a maximum number of (approximately) 15 independent travelers.

== Itinerary ==
Participants must be independent, able to travel lightly and completely self-sufficiently. Day trips in and around Montevideo, from Saturday April 30 until Wednesday/Thursday May 4/5. [[Talk:Conozco_Uruguay_Tour|Thanks for posting your feedback]] on our DRAFT SCHEDULE BELOW!

[http://ceibaljam.org/edujam2011_en SEE ALSO THESE SUGGESTIONS]

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
|valign="top" rowspan="2"|Saturday/Sábado 30 de Abril
|valign="top"|AM
|valign="top"|"Volunteers and collaborators for Plan Ceibal" meeting, being coordinated by RAP Ceibal, Flor de Ceibo, Plan Ceibal, Universidad Católica, ceibalJAM! and Antel volunteers program. In Antel headquarters http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_de_las_Telecomunicaciones.
|-
|valign="top"|PM
|valign="top"|Welcome Dinner in some place: May be Pony Pisador Pocitos. (Martin - ANTEL)
|-
|valign="top"|Sunday/Domingo 1 de Mayo (May Day)
|valign="top"|AM/PM
|valign="top"|Visit to a Rural City of Canelones to the "[http://proyecto-aurora.blogspot.com/ Aurora Project]" with volunteers and members of the community and Barbeque (Local contact: Edinson - RAP Conecta).
|-
|valign="top" rowspan="2"|Monday/Lunes 2 de Mayo
|valign="top"|AM
|valign="top"|Two schools in Las Piedras (Local contacts: Oscar/ RAP Canelones - Paolo/ RAP Montevideo)
|-
|valign="top"|17:30 hs
|valign="top"|Meeting with as many as 25 professors from [http://www.flordeceibo.edu.uy/ "Flor de Ceibo"]
|-
|valign="top" rowspan="2"|Tuesday/Martes 3 de Mayo
|valign="top"|AM
|valign="top"|15-PERSON BUS LEAVING VERY EARLY MORNING! No. 33 School "La Paloma" (Local Contact: Rosamel Ramirez - RAP Durazno)--- on site they have a person that can translate all the day
|-
|valign="top"|PM
|valign="top"|Overnight ranch stay (Durazno)
|-
|valign="top" rowspan="2"|Wednesday/Miércoles 4 de Mayo
|valign="top"|9 AM to 2 PM
|valign="top"|[[City Tour Montevideo]] (Optional, 7 people minimum quota. Includes go to the School of Euskal Erria) (Organizer: Micaela CeibalJAM)
|-
|valign="top"|2:30 PM to 7 PM
|valign="top"|visit the School of Euskal Erria and after that, the [http://www.mediagala.com/rap/foro/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=196 "Help Center" RAP Montevideo] in order to interact with volunteers (Local contact: Rocío / RAP Montevideo)
|-
|valign="top" rowspan="3"|Thursday/Jueves 5 de Mayo
|valign="top"|Option 1
|valign="top"|Possible San Jose de Mayo w/ RAP Ceibal
|-
|valign="top"|Option 2 (10 AM to 2 PM)
|valign="top"|[[Wine Tour in Bodega Juanicó]] (Optional, 7 people minimum quota) (Organizer: Micaela CeibalJAM - Gustavo Ochoa / Juanicó)
|-
|valign="top"|~18:30 hs
|valign="top"|'''[[Uruguay Summit 2011|Summit Opening Reception!]]'''

|-
|valign="top" rowspan="2"|Sunday/Domingo 8 de Mayo
|valign="top"|10 AM to 2 PM
|valign="top"|[[Wine Tour in Bodega Bouza]] (Optional, 7 people minimum quota) (Organizer: Micaela CeibalJAM)
|-

|}

[http://olpcMAP.net?go=uruguay Map forthcoming!]

Alternate ideas: (ASK US!)
* BAP (Barrio de Atención Prioritaria) a low-income Montevideo neighborhood, with [http://rapceibal.blogspot.com RAP Ceibal] Saturday Apr 30?
* Euskal Erria
* Las Piedras
* Maldonado
* Tala (rural)
* Cardal (1st OLPC school)
* Paso de los Toros (small city)
* Salinas ([[User:Bernie|Bernie]] recommends)

== How on Earth is this Possible? ==
Volunteers from RAP Ceibal, CeibalJAM! and Flor de Ceibo have spent over 3 years building real-world community networks to bring Uruguay's youth and families more meaningfully into the 21st century. If globalism means anything at all, it means paying full and proper respect to people like these who organize to make a difference!

== Housing ==

Hostel-style options to be determined. Uruguayans eat well!!

Uruguay (generally) uses [http://treehouse.ofb.net/go/en/voltage/Uruguay 220V European] [http://www.adaptelec.com/index.php?main_page=document_general_info&products_id=252 electrical outlets] so please consider bringing a small converter.

Wifi access will be sought where possible, but not guaranteed.

Please see [[Talk:Conozco Uruguay Tour|'''Discussion''']] page for questions and discussion related to Housing.

== Cost ==
Expect to pay $500 or higher for housing/food/bus etc to cover your 6 days, from Saturday April 30 to Thursday May 5 inclusive. Homestays may reduce this cost if we are so lucky to build strong local relationships.

== Pre-Registration ==
Please write to [mailto:holt@laptop.org holt@laptop.org] explaining what you hope to bring to the group! Thanks for including the reasons you're interested -- and what you want to get out of this lifetime opportunity. Remember to list ALL allergies and medical conditions, roommate preferences, as well as your phone number(s).

Reality Check: If you are looking for packaged voluntourism and flush toilets at every turn, you've come to the wrong place. Have you traveled in developing countries before? You must be an independent traveler, open-hearted with all comers, understanding Uruguay is a safe country but not without its risks. And Take Complete [http://www.travel-island.com/health.plan/uruguay.html Medical]/Insurance/Safety/Financial Precautions Now!

THANKS everyone for [http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1054.html mindfully preparing] together today, for a trip more rewarding than money can buy.

== Participants ==

'''''WE ARE NOW AT/NEAR FULL CAPACITY! Further school-exploration-tour participants will only be accepted in extraordinary circumstances. Thanks all who signed up below :)'''''

* [http://twitter.com/adborden Aaron Borden,] San Francisco (Apr 29 - May 9)
* [[User:Holt|Adam Holt]], Boston (Apr 30 - May 13)
* Alvar Maciel + 3 argentinian teachers (UNCONFIRMED)
* [[User:M_anish|Anish Mangal,]] India/Paraguay (May 4 - 16)
* [http://olpc-france.org Bastien] [http://lumiere.ens.fr/~guerry/ Guerry,] France (Apr 30 - May 10)
* [[User:Bernie|Bernie Innocenti,]] Italy/Boston (CONFIRMED, DATES TBA)
* [http://www.freudenbergs.de/bert/ Bert Freudenberg,] Germany (Apr 29 - May 11)
* Carlos Rabassa, Montevideo (UNCONFIRMED)
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Roadshow_in_a_Box Caryl] [http://olpcmap.net/?id=614001&km-distance=100 Bigenho], Los Angeles (Apr 30 - May 8/10)
* [http://printf.net Chris Ball,] Boston (May 2 - 9)
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:CScott C. Scott Ananian], Boston (May 2 - 9)
* [http://paraguayeduca.org Cecilia Alcala,] Paraguay (UNCONFIRMED)
* [http://derndorfer.eu Christoph Derndorfer,] Vienna/Madrid (Apr 29 - May 8)
* [http://activitycentral.com David Farning,] Wisconsin/Paraguay (Apr 28 - May 11)
* Ed Bigenho, Los Angeles (Apr 30 - May 8/10)
* Fernando Comenzana, Uruguay (UNCONFIRMED)
* Juan José Villalba, Paraguay (UNCONFIRMED)
* [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Kevin.benavides Kevin] [[User:Kevin.benavides|Benavides]], Nicaragua (UNCONFIRMED)
* Koke Contreras, Perú (UNCONFIRMED)
* Laura Manolakis, Argentina (UNCONFIRMED)
* Martin Langhoff, Miami (UNCONFIRMED, arriving 1-2 days before summit?)
* [http://www.linkedin.com/in/lediroca Leticia Romero], Uruguay
* [http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~ndoiron/ Nick Doiron], New Hampshire/Montevideo
* Nenny Rabassa, Montevideo (UNCONFIRMED)
* [http://twitter.com/nkubitob Nkubito Bakuramutsa,] Rwanda (May 3 - 7)
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=IY7w3USXF0w Pablo Flores], Montevideo
* [http://www.olenepal.org/core_team.html Rabi Karmacharya], Nepal (UNCONFIRMED)
* [http://one.laptop.org/about/people/reuben-caron Reuben Caron,] Boston (UNCONFIRMED)
* [http://plg.uwaterloo.ca/~holt Ric Holt,] Canada (May 4 late afternoon - May 13)
* [http://one.laptop.org/about/people/robert-fadel Robert Fadel,] Boston (Apr 28? - May 1?)
* [http://verma.sfsu.edu/ Sameer Verma], San Francisco (May 2/3/4/5 - 8?)
* Samuel Seidenberg, Buenos Aires (UNCONFIRMED)
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sj SJ Klein,] Boston (UNCONFIRMED, arriving 1-2 days before summit?)
* [http://ole.org Tony Anderson], Texas/Rwanda (Apr 28 - May 8)
...
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Ruth_Silver Carol Ruth Silver,] San Francisco (CANCELLED)
* [http://www.outofindia.net/intro/harriet_webresume.htm Harriet Vidyasagar,] India (CANCELLED)
* [http://franXOphonie.org Kacandre Bourdelais,] Gabon/Canada (CANCELLED)
* [http://twitter.com/lluigil Luis Galindo], Santa Cruz, Bolivia (CANCELLED)
* [http://erikos.sweettimez.de/ Simon Schampijer], Germany (CANCELLED)
* Suzanne Adatto, Ann Arbor, Michigan (CANCELLED)

== Volunteer Organizers ==
* Leticia Romero
* Rocío Medina?
* Pablo Flores?
* Caryl Bigenho
* [[User:Holt|Adam Holt]]
* [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Nano_Nano Paolo Benini]

== [[Talk:Conozco Uruguay Tour|Join our Discussion Blog!]] ==

Please check out the "Accomodations" section of the Discussion and add your comments and preferences.

City Tour Montevideo

2011-04-04T21:19:09Z

Micaela Acosta:

This City Tour is Optional.
7 people minimum quota
Includes go to the School of Euskal Erria

09:00 - Start from downtown (18 y Ejido)
- Cerro de Montevideo
- La Rambla with some interesting stops(Vuelta por la rambla, con alguna parada en el camino)
- Puerto del Buceo
12:00 - Lunch time
- Plaza Vigilio
- Hotel Casino Carrasco
14:30 - Euskal Erria School and Meeting with People of RAP Ceibal
19:00 - Return to downtown (Vuelta a 18 y Ejido)

[http://maps.google.es/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=es&msa=0&msid=218160991129972628792.0004a0176525c60c1dcd1&ll=-34.903319,-56.180177&spn=0.017035,0.042272&t=p&z=15 "See the itinerary in Google Maps"]