2009 Schedule

June – September
Girl Friendship events -Girls with their leaders 

Our Cabaña holds Girl Friendship event specifically for 13 to 18 year old members of WAGGGS. These are held during the summer months in June, July and August. 
Participants are given the opportunity to meet and work with Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from other countries, often resulting in life-long friendships. 
Our programs are cultural and include many activities and workshops based around the current WAGGGS themes and initiatives. We have a craft house where participants can learn about the traditional Mexican crafts and try making some themselves! We have a swimming pool, tennis court, volley ball court, 5 acres of grounds and seating areas where you can relax and talk with your friends.  
During each event we take part in a service project with the local communities and usually this involves children from the communities coming to Our Cabana to take part in a days activities that we have planned for them. 
We have trips to several places of local interest. These include Cuernavaca, the city where Our Cabana is situted, Taxco the silver capital of Mexico and Tepotzlan, a traditional Mexican Craft market town. Throughout the 8 night events we have games, songs, activities, campfires, flag ceremonies and much much more. 

          * June 8 – 16 
          * June 18 – 26 -----Status Full   
          * June 29 – July 
          * July 9 – 17
          * July 23 – 31------Status Full   
          * August 3 – 11 --- Status: Full
          * August 13 – 21 -- Status:Full   

September at Our Cabaña

You are now able to book in for a autumn event at Our Cabaña on personally chosen dates to suit your group. According to the number of days that your group is able to stay with us we could arrange:

Acapulco/Aquatic Adventure

From September 16 - 17 we are going to travel with our groups to the Acapulco beach resort to practice scuba diving, snorkeling and kayaking. If you want to be part of this aquatic experience we invite you to arrive one or two days in advance and after we come back from Acapulco you can prolong your program for a couple more days.

If you are thinking of bring a group or troop down to Mexico for a event but would like to see what it is like for yourself first then this is the ideal event for you.This five night event begins in Mexico City and gives you a chance to explore some of the wonderful sights during a two day tour of the city. An overnight stay at Ticalli Guide Hostel in Mexico City for the first night will be the perfect place to make new friends and visit with other participants. We then travel to Our Cabaña in Cuernavaca and here you can discover for yourself the beauty of this world centre and everything that you will need to know about planning a trip to Mexico. There are trips to Cuernavaca and Taxco and there is also a service project during this event. Prepare yourself before anyone else and come to explore Mexico and take away any doubts that you may have about a trip of a lifetime to your Guiding and Scouting home in Mexico.

Cost: US$ 435 per person as Room & Board plus US$ 90 program fee. 
Register at: ourcabana@ourcabana.org.mx 

October 26 – November 4 Mexican Festivals & Tradi
tions - Day of the Dead -Adults-
This eight night event will focus on Mexican traditions, particularly the Day of the Dead. In this most characteristic celebration, the souls of the dead are believed to return to earth on November 2. Families build altars in their homes and visit graveyards to commune with their dead, taking garlands and gifts of the dead one’s favourite foods and objects. 
A happy atmosphere prevails. Flowers are used in profusion, especially marigolds which have had ceremonial importance since before Spanish times.
As the Day of the Dead approaches, shops and markets fill with countless toy coffins and paper, cardboard and clay skeletons, many of them engaged in lively activities such as riding a bicycle, playing music, or getting married. Most amazing are the rows of chocolate and candy skulls, skeletons, and coffins that appear in market stalls -- an obvious indication of the almost joyful nature of the festival, which reunites the living with their dead. You will see skull and skeleton motifs everywhere -- devices which the Mexicans use to continually remind themselves of their own mortality.

Cost: US$ 580 per person as Room & Board plus US$ 120 program fee.
Register at: ourcabana@ourcabana.org.mx 

November 9 – 18 
Girls worldwide say “Build a better world”–Adults and Girls-

During this eight night event you will have the chance to work on a service project with Habitat for Humanity, by collaborating with them in the construction of houses for local families. Together we will build a better world and learn more about the Mexican families, their culture and traditions. You will also have the opportunity to visit Taxco, the silver capital of Mexico, downtown Cuernavaca and Tepoztlan a traditional village 45 minutes from Our Cabaña. 

Cost: US$ 580 per person as Room & Board plus US$ 120 program fee.
Register at: ourcabana@ourcabana.org.mx 

November 24 – December 1
Explore and share your Guiding/Scouting experiences - Adults -

Our participants have the opportunity to be part of many things that make our events unique and unforgettable, but in this event they will have the opportunity to create a Guide’s Weekend. The Guides from Mexico, Sunflowers, Brownies, Guides, Intermediate Guides, and Older Guides, will spend a weekend with us during which our adult participants will present the activities that they have developed. Games, workshops, campfires, etc. will be some of the many things that we will share during these two fantastic days.

Cost: US$ 580 per person as Room & Board plus US$ 120 program fee.
Register at: ourcabana@ourcabana.org.mx 

December 28 – January 5
New Year – Girl Friendship event -Girls with their leaders-

This event is held over the New Year in December. Participants
from different countries come to Our Cabaña to welcome the New Year with us. 
Our program includes many activities and workshops based around the current WAGGGS themes and initiatives. We have a craft house where participants can learn about the traditional Mexican crafts and try making some themselves! We have a swimming pool, tennis court, volley ball court, 5 acres of grounds and seating areas where you can relax and talk with your friends.