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
Our bus broke down 10 hours into Sunday’s six-hour bus ride from Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh.The tortured vehicle wheezed, sputtered and finally quit after mostly idling for nearly five hours amid the remnants of a crowd gathered to celebrate t…
» 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 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…
» Read more“Five for one dollahr” “Five for one dollahr” A plaintive little voice called out to me as we strolled across the road after visiting a lake near Siem Reap. She was barely knee-high. Long black hair, tangled and dirty with dust, and big, soft eyes…
» Read moreMy colleague, Siratha, asked me last week if I could help him write English captions for the photos he was displaying at the Indigenous People’s Day event in Siem Reap. Since I only had 30 minutes before heading out to my language class, I swiftly…
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