Awwww Phuket

I know this blog has portrayed our trip as being extremely glamorous and full of non-stop fun.  All the partying, beautiful women, and money being thrown in the air have created the fantasy world we now pretend to live in.  Unfortunately, our travels have not always been as smooth and glitzy as they may appear.  We've been living as travelers, not treating ourselves to the luxurious lifestyle we're accustomed to back in the US.  This means residing at places that do not have provide free HBO (occasionally), do not provide free moisturizing lotion, and only have one pillow per bed.  Luckily, Max's parents realized we deserved better and met up with us at the J.W. Marriott in Phuket.

To get to Phuket, we had to take a ferry ride followed by a 6 hour bus ride.  As usual, we could not go anywhere without being harassed by paparazzi.  Here's a picture of Andy with a Thai lady who believed he was Ben Affleck.  This is a very common occurrence.

After arriving at the resort, Andrew quickly got over his reverse culture shock and acclimated to the resort lifestyle.

As we began feeling refreshed, we decided to begin our mornings with yoga sessions (no homo).  At least Andy did, Max and Andrew only woke up early enough for one session.  It is still unclear whether Andrew or the other guys were facing the wrong direction in this picture.

Here's a picture of the new chunky Fabio and his parents.  Congrats Mom for being blog worthy.

 We wanted to give back on this trip by interacting with local children and maybe even volunteering to help teach kids English.  We began our philanthropic efforts by waving at some school kids and even giving a few of them thumbs up.  I highly recommend volunteering with kids if you ever get a chance, it's extremely rewarding.

Staying on the local topic, Andrew and Renee had some good interaction with our maids as they spent some time making neat towel designs.  Just in case you can't tell, there's a bird's nest, a rabbit, a dog, and two swans kissing.

Preview of the Kabrich's Christmas/Chanukah card.  Add your address as a comment if you want a copy in December.

Poisonous frog.

Andrew licking a live crab.  He's still extremely scared of all creatures, but he was a little drunk and always ready to sacrifice himself for the camera.

Picturesque sunset that Johnny "painted" for his wife.  This is a nightly occurrence unless she pisses him off or limits his drink intake for the day.

The highlight of the Phuket stop was definitely renting jet skis.  If you haven't been on a jet ski before, you haven't really lived.  Here's a shot of Andrew getting his Kenny Powers on.

Andy, Max, and John also spent a day scuba diving.  On the way back, they spotted the famous Big Buddha of Phuket in the distance.  It is very similar to the giant Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro as seen on Fast at Furious 5.  Again, if you haven't seen this movie, you haven't really lived.

Finally, there were lots of brews enjoyed by bros by the pool.  We were finally living the lives we've come to deserve through all our hard work.