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
The rusty ferry moaned, thick smoke bellowing from its smokestack into the air over the Tonle Sap River as it shuddered away from the river bank. My fellow passengers gawked at me – a baraing in lycra, leaning against his mountain bike in stark co…
» Read moreYesterday we travelled across the world for the second time in a week, crossing the dateline and arriving back in Phnom Penh from our trip to Los Angeles.As the plane touched down, I knew I was home.Not when it arrived in California but when it la…
» Read moreToday, I assuredly, most definitely and absolutely believe in fairies.It’s the morning after watching my daughter Emily literally explode from the sky in her role as Tinkerbell in Peter Pan: The Show, and I am awake early because of her hauntingly…
» Read moreWhen I think of Cambodian dessert, I don’t think of cake. I think of mango. Or sticky rice. Or fried banana nuggets. But I’ve recently discovered there’s a huge market in this part of the world for cake. Here are a couple of stats surprised me. On…
» Read moreThis Thanksgiving Day, I am wearing black and white. No turkey, pumpkin pie or celebrations around a dinner table. Just bananas, rice and salt — traditional offerings laid out by Cambodians in their individual shrines to honour the victims of Mon…
» Read moreA child’s tiny sandal lay half-buried in mud and garbage, a tragic reminder of the stampede on Phnom Penh’s Diamond Island Monday night which left more than 340 people dead and hundreds seriously injured. Dozens of onlookers and worried friends an…
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