After a late night last night I got up at 7:30 to go down to the docks to put my hammock on the ferry, Manuel Monteiro III. Theoretically the boat should take seven days to go from Manaus to Tabatinga, but this is the Amazon and apparently that is pretty flexible. The boat doesn't leave until 4pm and already lots of people have set up their hammocks to make sure they are in good locations. We had talked to other travelers and learned that you don't want to be on the top deck where the bar area is, loud music all night, and you don't want to be too near he toilets or the eating area. One group of travelers had accidentally set up right underneath the tables for eating and every morning at 6am they would be woken up and made to move their hammocks away so the crew could let down the tables for breakfast.
I'm back at the hostel now, finishing packing and getting some supplies. I've uploaded some pictures of where we set up the hammocks this morning.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
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In case you haven't gotten any tips about this... the most important secret about sleeping in hammocks is to lie down diagonally.
Not perpendicular, nor parallel to the hammock. Diagonal.
Think as an engineer trying to plan a (mostly) flat road across a valley.
By playing with the "angle" you can balance the "flatness of your back" and "tension in your head and feet" variables.
Sebastian is right. This is a good thing to remember when buying this style of hammock. Many of the less expensive ones do not have enough width to allow you to lie diagonally.
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