Here’s a GPS device that will make traveling by auto in Korea a lot more easy for English-speaking travelers
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WoWasis product review: a bamboo computer keyboard that looks & performs great
this bamboo computer keyboard works great & looks terrific
Read the rest of this entry »Ao Dai Festival of Vietnamese fashion to be held in San Jose, California in September, 2012
San Jose, California, is essentially the largest Vietnamese city outside of Vietnam, with an estimated 100,000 residents of Vietnamese ethnicity. Each year, San Jose hosts the Ao Dai Festival, celebrating the garment that is the paragon of traditional Vietnamese feminine fashion, with a fascinating history, and from what has been evident in past festivals, an intriguing […]
Read the rest of this entry »A Short History of the Vietnamese Ao Dai, by Dan Do
WoWasis note: San Jose, California, is essentially the largest Vietnamese city outside of Vietnam, with an estimated 100,000 residents of Vietnamese ethnicity. Each year, San Jose hosts the Ao Dai Festival, celebrating the garment that is the paragon of traditional Vietnamese feminine fashion. San Jose’s Dan Do has written the following article on the history of […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis Book review: Susan Conway’s ‘Thai Textiles’
Here at WoWasis, we consider it a tribute to author Susan Conway that her book Thai Textiles (1992, ISBN 974-8225-798) continues to be a primary source on the subject some 20 years after its initial publishing date. This 192 page paperback retails for $140 USD on the internet, although used copies may be found for […]
Read the rest of this entry »How to avoid excessive phone charges when traveling in Asia
Avoiding excessive phone charges while traveling is easy. Here’s how…
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis touring product review: the incredible Booster Pac ES2500 auto battery charger
Here at WoWasis, we’ve got off road vehicles, sports cars that go on rallyes, you name it. We’re often in the middle of nowhere, and occasionally the car battery runs out. We’ve always carried booster cables, but what do you do if there are no other vehicles around to give you a jump? If you’re […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis travel clothing road test: the Sri Lankan handloom sarong
Virtually everyone in Sri Lanka seems to own a number of sarongs, wrap-around garments that keep one cool in the hottest of seasons. You can buy colorful sarongs — identical to the longhi from Burma — in just about any marketplace. They are typically machine woven in Sri Lanka or India, and usually sell for […]
Read the rest of this entry »Bangkok street stall thugs endangering pedestrians and shop owners alike
One of the most common complaints we at WoWasis hear from people living near the intersection of Sukhumvit Soi 3 is the illegal proliferation of stalls selling the usual tourist “junk,” running from So 3 to roughly Soi 15. The stalls are on both sides of the sidewalk, making the sidewalk virtually unusable for foot […]
Read the rest of this entry »WoWasis travel clothing review: a Panama hat that’s packable and great looking
Here at WoWasis, we use the durable T3 Tilley Hat for just about everything we do in the bush, desert, jungle, and forest. But sometimes we need something a touch more fashionable when we’re wearing a light-colored summer suit in hot, tropical climates. And we can’t carry around a hat box, so we need a hat […]
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