Itinerary #1

GAI will offer a Pharmacy workshop in Summer 2009:
June 13-27, 2009
Optional Cuzco/Machu Picchu Tour = June 27-July 4

Sample Daily Schedule of Amazon Pharmacy Course:

25h classroom /40h lab /80-100h independent literature review/study and paper
Week One: 
Saturday 	Sunday 	Monday 	Tuesday 	Wednesday 	Thursday 	Friday 	
7A 							
8 						Shaman: Identify plants for healing/ceremony in jungle	
9 	Depart for Reserve 	Depart for Iquitos 	Depart for Iquitos 	Depart for Iquitos 	Depart for Iquitos 	Lab 	
10 	Set up camp: 	IIAP - Class Topics: 
Ethnoagronomy 	Hospital de la Luz
Class Topics: Ethnobotany 	Hospital de la Luz
Class Topics: Pharmacology	Hospital de la Luz
Class Topics: Case Studies
Clinical Correlation
	Depart for Iquitos 	
11 Arrive Iquitos
 Hotel Victoria   
 Regia	Lab 	Camu Camu and other 
Medicinal plants of the Amazon	Pharmaceutics/
Pharmacognosy	Toxicology	IMET: Visit to Medicinal Plant Garden	With Shaman to Belen marketplace: Plants, recipes for medicaments
-plant folklore
- Lab	
12 		Research lab visit 		Tox lab 			
1 	Lunch	Lunch 	 Lunch	 Lunch	 Lunch	 Lunch	
2  City Tour	Class meeting: 	Internet/ 
research time 	Internet/ 
research time	Internet/ 
research time	Internet/ 
research time		
3 
	Topics: 
-Orientation 
-Team building 
-Ethnobotany 
Assignments 	Return to reserve 	Return to 
reserve	Return to reserve 
Identify plants on reserve 
Lab 	Return to reserve	 Return to reserve	
4 	Reading, writing in journal 
Walk to camu-camu 	Class Topics:  Review AM 
	Class Topics: Review AM 
	Class Topics: Review AM
 	
Class Topics: Review 

	Lab 	
5 		Reading, writing in journal 
	Integrating the use of natural medications into practice as pharmacist. 
Medicinal Plant Research 	Clinical pharmacy practice and cultural beliefs, natural medications 	Shaman to reserve:
Lecture (Ayauascha, 
Spiritual Healing) and  
Ceremony 	Lab 

Prepare for Row to Pevas	
6 		Ind/Group Study /writing 
Lab 	Ind/Group Study/writing 
Lab 	Ind/Group  Study/writing 
Lab 	Lab 		
7P 					Lab 		

Week Two: 
Saturday 	Sunday 	Monday 	Tuesday 	Wednesday 	Thursday 	Friday 	
5A 
Group 1: Begin Row to Pevas	Group 1: Row 
Group 2: Iquitos 	Group1: 
Row 
Group 2: 
Boat to Pevas					
8 							
9 Group 2: 
Iquitos 
-Visit to Medicinal Plants Store 
-Visit to IIAP Reserve 
-Opt.Visit to Butterfly Farm and animal reserve 
Free Time 	9 Group 2: 
Iquitos 
-Visit to Medicinal Plants Store 
-Visit to IIAP Reserve 
-Opt.Visit to Butterfly
Farm and animal reserve 
Free Time 	Non-rowers may be required to pay for hotel in Iquitos & river boat accomodation	Visit to Indian ribes:
Bora, Huitoto, Yagua

Lab  	On River Boat		Pack and leave reserve 	
10 			 				
11 			 	 		 	
12 			 	Barbecue on boat 	Lunch 		
1 			 	Arrive Iquitos/ 
Reserve	 	Visit to Museum 
Lab 	
2 			 	 Class Topics: 
-Discussion of Readings 
-Presentations by students 
-Review of plants used by tribes.	Class Topics: 
Lecture and discussion by Dr. Brodman: Global Warming Answer Book, Looking for Mr. Guevara
global issues; sustainable 
development		
3 				Role in counseling about natural products-Availability in US/Canada 
Requirements 	Course wrap up Instructions and questions
Lab 	Prepare for Saturday departure to U.S. or optional
Machu Picchu Tour	
4 Rowers AR at Casa Guerra	Rowers AR at Canton	Arrive Pevas					
5 			Boat leaves for Iquitos 				
Eighteen Lab hours assigned for rowing. Must work together, must persevere, must lead, and must be allowed to be led. Students in town are taken to visit agricultural areas or participate in other group activities that require team efforts and coordination. 

Emergency  Telephone Numbers (These numbers are accurate but very difficult to access from the U.S.  We strongly recommend that calls be made from Iquitos to the U.S., rather than the reverse.)
Hotel Victoria Regia (Iquitos)/for emergency messages only: 011-51-65-23-1983
GAI cell phone (Iquitos)/usually out of range for international calls: 011-51-65-993-6322

Itinerary #2
Optional Cuzco/Machu Picchu Tour
This schedule may change slightly depending on size of group and flight schedules

Monday
	Tuesday	Wednesday
	Thursday
	Friday
	Saturday
	Sunday

					June 27
	June 28	
				Optional			
				Cuzco/	LIM-CUZCO	Pisac Market	
				Machu-	Cuzco by night	& Ruins
Tour	
				Picchu			
				Tour			

	

			

	

			
June 29
	June 30
	July 1
	July 2
	  July 3
	 July 4
		
City tour/
	Ollantaytambo
	Machu Picchu 	The Lost City/	  Free day in 	 CUZ-LIM
		
Sacsayhuaman
	
	by train
	Huayna Picchu

	  Cuzco for

 shopping or any other activity
			
and nearby ruins
	Overnight in
	Machu Picchu,
		  shopping or			
and palaces;
	Sacred Valley
	the Lost City
	Cuzco by train
	  any other activity
			
Temple of the 	of the Incas

	  activity
			
Moon
				
	 LIM-USA

2009 Program Costs:  Amazon Rotation = $2,700
                                       Machu Picchu (optional) = $885