i got back from thailand on thursday morning, after a busy first half of the year of traveling it's finally over - serious PHB (post holiday blues). we were over in phuket for my older brothers wedding. we staying in a massive 2 story villa in laguna where the wedding reception was held (thats jules and my little brother in the pool where they spent the majority of their time throwing a skimming ball back and forth...)
my little brother, Tom
my brother Adam's wife sam is chinese and the wedding was a whole new experience for us, he had to do a tonne of tasks to prove his love for her until the family would allow him in the door to 'fetch' her, jules and tom were roped into completing some of these tasks, one of which was to make a human pyramid and do a pole dance...
in the chapel waiting to watch her walk down the aisle
sams little brother went around taking polaroids which i loved, below - adam made sam a little anklet which she wore on the day (so cute!)
we only had one bad day of weather, luckily it was the day after the wedding! i found this scorpion in Adam's pool, i screamed for about 60 seconds before i was told they cant swim and it had drowned...
there were entire shops dedicated to hello kitty (fake, natch) and a flintstones themed restaurant set in the jungle complete with Fred's car which jules found amusing
billy the lizard who came out for walks in the sun every morning for a few hours before going back into his tank in the hotel restaurant (he even came swimming in the pool with me!)
the view from up at reggae bar - a place on the hill which consisted of a concrete slab held up by bamboo, needless to say i was holding my breath for most of that meal...
the monkeys at the big Buddha were freakin' scary, they chased me at one point which tom's girlfriend chloe got on camera, i may post if i find it from her!
best restaurant in phuket, my brother has lived in thailand for about 12 years and this is his local, it was called green table because there were green tables inside but after tsunami they changed location and decor (red tables) but the green table name stuck.
we didn't end up lighting these on the wedding night so we did it a few nights after, it is such a magical thing to do
i know, i know, gross right? we went on an ATV trek and i lost my balance and went to steady myself on the ground with my foot, unfortunately i couldn't slow down and ruined my tootsie - owwwww
jules and i got secret tattoos
elephants are everywhere, we saw a lot of really cute real ones but i got upset seeing them chained up, it's so hard to imagine they are happy chained all day. the baby one called pancake was particularly hard to resist
best view in phuket
i made a few purchases too so i will post those soon
xxx c
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