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 the morning we visited the rural enclave of Cu Chi, which during the Vietnam War villagers turned into a subterranean nightmare for American troops after US warplanes levelled their village. Their homes destroyed, they simply moved into more th…
» Read more“How do you say thank you in Vietnamese?” The border guard stared blankly at me, mumbled something (which wasn’t “thank you”) and gestured me toward the baggage scanner before we reboarded the bus from Phnom Penh to Saigon (now known as Ho Chi Min…
» Read moreThe waters of the Kampot River lapped at the sides of our long-tailed boat as we made our way north in search of one of nature’s tiny nocturnal wonders. The Kampot is full of fresh water in the river this time of year (in an interesting quirk of n…
» Read moreI know the first moment it struck me that this three-day excursion to Ratanakiri was not for the faint-hearted. It was when I entered the bantubtik (bathroom) in the restaurant where we had lunch, about four hours into our 10-hour drive from Phnom…
» Read moreThat’s: Greetings, from the land of acronyms. Well, it’s about 4 p.m. on a Tuesday afternoon, and we just had a bunch of gorgeous Oxfam America brochures dropped on our desks at work. Beautifully designed and expensively printed, they summarize (a…
» Read moreWispy strands of hair spring from Dr. Beat Richner’s head as he enters the auditorium promptly at 7:15, as he does just about every Saturday night. Head down, he quickly makes his way to the cello case that rests on the edge of the stage, plucks t…
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