{"id":2420,"date":"2023-08-02T18:32:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T00:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/?p=2420"},"modified":"2023-08-02T18:32:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T00:32:57","slug":"inside-a-mexican-cenote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/02\/inside-a-mexican-cenote\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside a Mexican Cenote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On our trip to the Mayan archaeological site of Chichen Itza, Mexico, we took a side trip to a deep Mexican cenote<em> (pronounced She-NOH-tay) <\/em>called X-Cajum <em>(I have no idea how to pronounce that).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inside a Mexican Cenote\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4pRUHF94TZg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A cenote is a natural sinkhole resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock at the ceiling of a cave, that exposes groundwater. For Mexico\u2019s Mayan culture, cenotes were&nbsp;a symbol of duality, since they represented life and death. They were also a water source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For travelers today, they are a unique swimming experience, providing astounding views, lovely snorkeling, and a great way to cool off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We visited Cenote X-Cajum, which is very near Chichen Itza and is often bundled as part of the tour to the Mayan ruins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>INFO<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cenotefinder.com\/what-are-cenotes\">Cenotes<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/en-yucatan.com\/chichen-itza\/cenote-xcajum\/\">X-Cajum Cenote<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/G5To88h8oJLjhpfq6\">MAP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On our trip to the Mayan archaeological site of Chichen Itza, Mexico, we took a side trip to a deep Mexican cenote (pronounced She-NOH-tay) called X-Cajum (I have no idea how to pronounce that). A cenote is a natural sinkhole resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock at the ceiling of a cave, that exposes &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/02\/inside-a-mexican-cenote\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Inside a Mexican Cenote&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[395,281,222,13,216,356,211],"tags":[30,619,621,618,27,4,9,261,262,620,616,611],"class_list":["post-2420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-ecotourism","category-lisa-blogger","category-mexico","category-outdoors","category-snorkeling","category-videos","tag-adventure","tag-cenote","tag-chichenitza","tag-mayans","tag-messysuitcase","tag-mexico","tag-retirement","tag-travelblog","tag-travelblogger","tag-xcajum","tag-yucatan","tag-yucatanpeninsula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2421,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions\/2421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messysuitcase.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}