Darkness and Light — A Night in Varanasi
How do you find words to describe a city that is two thousand years old? Where spirituality mingles with revulsion. Where the engorged Ganges river floods homes of gentle sweet […]
» Read moreSkip & 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
How do you find words to describe a city that is two thousand years old? Where spirituality mingles with revulsion. Where the engorged Ganges river floods homes of gentle sweet […]
» Read moreThey came in minivans, lorries and motorbikes. Some piled into the back of pick-up trucks. Some crammed into Hyundais and Suzukis, clutching prayer beads or Tibetan prayer wheels. Some walked […]
» Read moreGabi: Skip told me the view was spectacular. He even had photos to prove it. I was sitting right next to him but didn’t see a bit of it. All […]
» Read moreI walked home this afternoon from Lycofra, our neighbourhood Khmer hair salon where I get my usual $2.50 shampoo that includes a heavenly 45-minute head, neck, hand and arm massage. […]
» Read moreThere are two moments that stand out in my mind from my trip to Siem Reap province last week with DPA (the NGO where I work). The first was during a meeting with a group of villagers inside a wooden hut on stilts, where I sat on a hard wood floor …
» Read moreOn the way to work this week, we passed a man carrying a duck upside down. A few minutes later we saw a chicken tied by its leg to the tree. The strange part wasn’t the duck and the chickens. It was that we didn’t see them as unusual. Farm animals…
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