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
In Cambodia, the road to antiquity is often hot, long, confusing and perilous. Witness our excursion on Saturday – four intrepid baraing (foreigners) on two motorbikes pointed south, over the Tonle Sap River and into Takeo Province in search of th…
» Read moreSom On stopped his tuk tuk at a red light while we were en route to work several weeks ago. He turned to me and asked one of his charmingly convoluted questions: “Skip. My wife brother son nephew cousin. What is that?” I looked at him, clueless, t…
» Read moreWe went to CVS to look for Jenn. When we lived in Marblehead, she worked at the photo booth in the drugstore and had made a connection with us. She always expressed an interest in our lives and provided a warm, friendly face on cold winter days. S…
» Read moreI am the proud father of two daughters. Both fly. One, by airplane and on the promise of ideas, in pursuit of goodness, enriching experiences and love. The other, on wings and suspended by two thin cables, floating above the stage as Tinkerbell in…
» Read moreAbout halfway through the reception after my dad’s funeral, my mom sidled up to me outside her kitchen with an odd request.”Do I have $40,000 to give the caterer to help him start a restaurant?”The exchange that followed between mother and son (th…
» Read moreThis evening at 5pm, I found myself sitting on a wall shadowed by the majesty of the Angkor Wat temple. Dark grey clouds billowed above as the last vestiges of the day disappeared and the only sound was the clacking of hundreds of frogs in the wat…
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