Skip & Gabi Yetter: writers, travelers, foodies and former US media executives share their adventures, experiences and stories from their round the world travels after they leave the treadmill for a world of adventure
It’s 7:45 on a dreary Wednesday night in downtown Crowborough, and the Cross Kebab truck is attracting its customary steady trickle of customers amid the rain. The truck – with its noteworthy awning to shelter customers and display the 64-item men…
» Read moreHailed by a tuk tuk driver as I waited outside his hotel for our new friend Kevin to join me for a bike ride into the provinces, I used my favorite strategy to turn away Cambodians’ attempts to sell me something: I spoke Khmer to him.Greeting him …
» Read moreNever mind the boat ride from Phnom Penh to Chau Doc, which started an hour late and stuttered through two “Ooops! We’re out of gas” delays before depositing us ashore in Vietnam. The boat trip was late, ridiculous and at times alarming (particula…
» Read moreAs if clambering around a handful of Bagan’s 3,000 ancient temples wasn’t enough. As if it wasn’t satisfying enough to spend the day in a horse-drawn cart with our guide Min Thu, who explained in great detail Bagan’s extraordinary display of iconi…
» Read moreNo self-respecting fish would be caught dead on one of Fish & Co.’s skillet/dinner plates.While the idea of using a frying pan as the final resting place for fare at Phnom Penh’s new seafood restaurant is quaint, appropriate and gimmicky, the noti…
» Read moreAs I step from the tuk tuk and off the dusty street, a thin Cambodian male opens the enormous white doors, revealing a wide concrete sidewalk lined by two reflection pools of crystal clear water. Lily pads float in the oasis of calm, and for a mom…
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