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Video: Tour of a Silkworm Factory

July 24, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck

Video: Tour Of A Silkworm Factory

This is video of a tour we took of a silkworm factory in Đà Lạt, Vietnam. Below is a description of the stages in which silk is created and harvested from silkworms: “The production of cocoon for their filament is called sericulture. The species Bombyx mori is usually cultivated and is raised under controlled condition Read Post

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Tagged With: adventure, backpacking, Bailing, Bombyx Mori, cocoon, cocoons, culture, Da Lat, Da Lat Plateau, fabrics, fibroin, filament, filature, gopro, mulberry tree, rtw, rtwnow, sericin, sericulture, Silk, silkworm, skeins, Textile, tourism, travel, vacation, Vietnam

Video: A Tailor’s Tips For Clothes Shopping in Hoi An, Vietnam

July 21, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck

Video: A Tailor's Tips For Clothes Shopping in Hoi An, Vietnam

Never had clothes tailor made for you? Not sure where to start? Here are several tips from Vietnamese tailor, Nga, owner of Ha Na Cloth Shop & Tailor in Hoi An, Vietnam on what you should know when clothes shopping. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQhNHqlBxDU?t=10s]

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Tagged With: adventure, Asia, backpacking, Cashmere Wool, Cashmere Wool (Textile Fiber), Clothes, clothing, culture, Destination, Fashion, Fashion Design, Haute couture, Hoi An, Luxury Goods, Men's suit, rtw, rtwnow, Shopping, Style, Tailor, tailor-made, Textile, tourism, travel, vacation, Vietnam, Women's dress

Taking a Long-Distance Public Bus in Laos

July 19, 2013Filed in: Destinations by Tara Shubbuck

Laotian Public Bus Ride

Travelers through SE Asia all have their own long-distance bus horror stories. Some of them involve pothole-ridden windy roads and vomiting passengers. Others involve real danger, like an engine catching on fire or the driver falling asleep and running the bus off the road. Many people warned us about Thai and Cambodian drivers, though we Read Post

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Video: Jumping Into Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

July 8, 2013Filed in: Photos & Video by Mike Shubbuck

Video: Jumping Into Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

The weather was so hot while we were in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam that we decided to abandon ship (temporarily). [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy_iLFrzIZM?t=10s]

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Tagged With: 2012 World Monuments Watch, adventure, backpacking, Cat Ba, Cruise Ship, Fantasea, FantaSea Cruise, Hạ Long, Ha Long Bay, Jumping, New Seven Wonders of the World, New7Wonders of Nature, Quang Ninh, rtw, rtwnow, travel, UNESCO World Heritage Site, vacation, Việt Nam, Vietnam, Vịnh Hạ Long, World's New7Wonders of Nature

9 Confessions From Two Travelaholics

July 6, 2013Filed in: Travel Planning by Tara & Mike

Doxycycline pills

When we first started our round-the-world trip, our equipment was new(ish), our bags were over-packed and we were nicely groomed. My how things have changed! Tara continues to wear thin-as-cardboard flip-flops that have a penny-sized hole in the right heel. And Mike’s shaggy mane hasn’t seen scissors since the beginning of 2012. Instead being off-put Read Post

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