Days after Douglas walks in on his wife cheating on him (with an Arab wearing nothing but a turban) he is fired from his sales job for being a raging alcoholic. Having nothing left to lose, he goes on an excursion to Thailand where, through a twist of fate, he is caught in an earthquake with an ex-Thai boxing champion and a Scottish movie set designer. Barely escaping into a hot air balloon filled with jugs of moonshine, they decide to drink themselves...