When we arrived in Siem Reap after 12 hours of travel from Laos, we were tired, hot and sweaty. Luckily for us, we were about to enter the garden of eden. We had come to Siem Reap to celebrate and witness the Khmer New Year so we needed to get refreshed and ready to party! […]
Bangkok is a modern city thriving with culture, art, music, food and anything else you could ask for. When we landed in Thailand’s capital we didn’t even know where we were going to stay. The trip happened so spontaneously we hadn’t figured out any details. Luckily our good friends and fellow bloggers HandZaround were already […]
There are road trips and then there are road trips… this the latter. Although merely a 3 – 4 day loop, the majestic views and the multitude of caves and villages to be explored make it a must for anyone traveling through Laos. We at The Tipsy Gypsies have a great appreciation for temples, museums […]
When you travel, sometimes you either have a long layover or a very short visit in a city. And when this happens, it’s like site seeing on steroids. You scramble to make your wish list of “must sees” and sprint from site to site trying to catch it all. Well this is exactly what happened to […]
The day was finally upon us. Day one of three days of Khmer New Years celebrations. We had been pampered and prepped for the occasion, which you can read about here, but nothing could truly prepare us for the festivities ahead. Khmer New Years is a mix of spiritual enlightenment and good old fashioned party […]
