{"id":1921,"date":"2020-12-05T00:00:23","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T23:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quitventure.com\/?p=1921"},"modified":"2020-12-26T04:58:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T03:58:52","slug":"merida-woche-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quitventure.com\/en\/merida-woche-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Merida - Week 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hammocks in Tixkokob, a day trip to Izamal and to the cenote in Yodzkonot<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the weekend aother tour was offered by our school and we, of course, participated. We met on Saturday morning at 8 in front of the school where a private colectivo was already waiting for us. Raul, our guide, who had also done the cemetery tour with us, had rented the colectivo for the day, but there were only 5 of us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then we were off, out of Merida and into Tixkokob (\"Tischkokob\" pronounced), about 20km away. There we were already expected by Miguel in his little house. Miguel and his wife make hammocks and that day we were allowed to watch them make them. In Yucatan, the majority of the inhabitants do not sleep in beds, but actually in hammocks. There are also different sizes, from single hammocks to KingSize hammocks for the whole family. In Yucatan on the walls of the houses are everywhere holders for hooks, where one can hang up the hammock then simply relax. The Yucatecos sleep in it mainly because it is quite cool to sleep in, despite the heat. Of course, it is also practical that you can simply roll up the mats the next morning and hang them on the wall and thus use the entire room for other things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miguel and his wife showed us first at an exhibit, which different types of knotting there are and I was then actually allowed to try my luck. Of course, I was much slower than the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Miguel then explained to us that there is a clear difference in the quality of hammocks sold for tourists and those for the locals, because most hammocks for tourists consist only of single knots that hold the fabric together. In contrast, the real hammocks for sleeping have up to 3 ropes linked together, so it does not matter if after a long time a knot breaks, because you still have two spare knots. He was a funny guy and it didn't seem like a sales pitch to us either. He and his wife showed us several variations of how you can sleep together in a hammock, how the women from Yucatan put their babies to sleep in the mats and we were also allowed to try it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n