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
Paradise with insects – that’s how Lonely Planet’s Guide to Cambodia describes Lazy Beach. This glib characterization from the usually credible travel bible horrifically overstates the presence of winged annoyances while even more appallingly unde…
» Read moreA broken zipper pull on my overused backpack sent me to the Russian Market in search of a quick repair. What I got – along with handily repaired backpack – was a double dose of random Cambodian kindness. I searched the rows of shops for someone se…
» 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 moreRecreation of a recent “customer service” phone call I received on my mobile from Metfone, our internet service provider at home in Phnom Penh. This is fairly typical of the process-oriented, chase-your-tail conversations we have nearly every day,…
» 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…
» Read moreThis was the first time I’ve had a bike tour guide offer me a chromosome to start the day. Then again, I’ve never met a guide quite like Nok Noysuwan, a diminutive Thai woman half my weight with the riding strength, bike handling skills and comman…
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