Behind the Scenes Adventures

03/10/2024

NEW TRIP DATES:
Textiles & Arts of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
May 1 - 24, 2025
and October 23 - November 15, 2025
Morocco Textiles & Arts:
October 5-20, 2025

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18/09/2024

More hand-painted tiles and the painted ceilings of the concubines’ bedrooms at the Palace.
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17/09/2024

BTSA textile/art tour group visiting far western Uzbekistan for the dramatic architecture and exquisite hand-painted tiles decorating the palaces.
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11/04/2024

We visited a rug weaving coop today!

11/04/2024

BTSA is back in beautiful Uzbekistan!

30/10/2023

Turkey 🇹🇷 Dokuyan Eller Atölyesi, rug-making organization to preserve traditional
design of Ušak style rugs.

15/10/2023

Our great India Textile Tour is back!
See the website for details.
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Join us for our popular textiles tour of India trip. See and participate in workshops in the textile-producing states of Gujarat and Rajasthan, then finally relax in tropical Kerala!

26/09/2023

Kyrgyzstan: the tower minaret is all that remains of this ancient city, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Called the Burana Tower, it used to be twice as tall, but an earthquake toppled it. The site has spectacular snowy peaks in the background and pre-Islamic gravestone markers in the foreground.
See website: btsadventures.com - Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan Textiles, Arts, and Architecture Tour. New dates: April 6-29, 2024

09/08/2023

Siem Reap Cambodian cooking class at Le Tigre de Papier restaurant—we chopped and pounded tumeric, garlic, chiles, ginger, and special leaves into an excellent lunch! I made Fish Amok, Green Mango Salad, and Baby Bananas with Passion Fruit Coulis!!

07/08/2023

Beautiful Bantaey Srei temple, my favorite of all the Angkor complex, for its intricate carved pink sandstone details. Bantaey Srei was a Hindu (shivaite) temple - a place of worship, and a pilgrimage site.

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The temple dates to the 10th century and was the subject of a celebrated case of art theft when André Malraux stole four devatas in 1923 (he was soon arrested, and the figures were returned). www.btsadventures.com

20/07/2023

BTSA textile tour meeting tomorrow in Bangkok!! starting a great trip with lots of indigo, dying, and silk Ikat weaving. With Mirzabek Ruzmetov, Tina Whitmore and others!

20/07/2023

16/06/2023

Little-known Kyrgyzstan is home to exquisite textiles like these wool felted shyrdaks (rugs for a yurt) in Bishkek’s newly revamped National Museum. Below are mats or screens also for yurts, with wool yarn wrapped around reeds, on a weighted warp loom. Rocks weigh the warp down and keep it taut; same ingenious technique used by northwest coast Native American groups!
See it yourself on an exciting Behind the Scenes Adventures Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan trip with Cynthia Samake and excellent local guides: September 2023 and 2024

19/04/2023

Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan Textile and Culture Tour:
September 9 -October 1, 2023
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UNESCO World Heritage sites, Ikat dyeing and weaving, tile-roofed architectural treasures, intricate embroidered masterpieces, delicious fresh food, and more! A few spaces left, max 12 travelers.

01/03/2023

Several spaces left on the fabulous Turkey textile, archeology and cuisine tour!
In early February of 2023, eastern Turkey suffered an earthquake that led to many fatalities and the destruction of several cities.
We at Behind the Scenes feel that persisting with travel to Turkey (to the opposite/western side of the country and far from the earthquake area), sends a positive and encouraging message to the Turkish people, in addition to helping financially.

This 'Off the Beaten Path' trip starts and ends in Istanbul and goes in a big loop down to the turquoise Mediterranean coast.
Click the website link and check out the itinerary and photos; https://btsadventures.com/trip/tour-of-turkey-textiles-and-ancient-sites/

17/09/2022

Desert town of adobe dwellings in eastern Morocco, near Algerian border. Crops thrive here because the river still has water…many are dry due to global warming. With Behind the Scenes Adventures textile tour.

26/08/2022

The fabulous Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan Textile and Arts Tour still has 4 spaces left out of 12, for this October! There is still time to buy your air tickets on Turkish Airlines!
DATES: October 14 - 29, 2022 (UZB) and
October 30 - Nov. 5 (KGZ) Fly home on November 6.
DETAILS: https://btsadventures.com/trip/textiles-and-arts-of-uzbekistan/
CHECK OUT our brand-new re-designed website! Thanks to Patrick Boehner of California, it looks sleek and professional!

12/07/2022

Behind the Scenes Adventures textile tour!
NE Thailand is called Isaan; weavers here do indigo Ikat weaving with cotton that is sensational. We met several generous village families who do intricate weaving in blue and white.