Vietnam North to South – Day 9: Hội An and Mỹ Sơn
In the morning, we visited a silk workshop just outside the historic centre of Hội An. The demonstration was interesting: we saw tiny silkworms grazing on macerated mulberry leaves, and their larger cousins slowly preparing to weave their cocoons in wooden frames. After boiling the cocoons, the women working at the shop deftly unpick them and prepare the material for spinning and sewing. Although I enjoyed the show, we spent another hour at the shop, which I felt was rather excessive.