Alex Gallo J Tattoo When we arrived back in San Jose, my kids and I wanted to get a tattoo to memorialize our time in Costa Rica. While in the hotel, we all committed to researching the local tattoo scene and finally agreed upon trying to schedule with artist Alex Gallo J. I contacted him …
Continue reading "Costa Rica — Tattoo’s and Money (Part Seven)"Hanoi boasts a wide selection of cutting edge tattoo artists. The tattoo scene is definitely progressing and showing signs of becoming mainstream. During my free time, I scoured the internet for reviews, spoke to long term volunteers about their tattoo experiences, and engaged with various locals about where they had their tattoo work done. After …
Continue reading "1984 Tattoo Studio- Hanoi, Vietnam"Hopefully, after reading my past posts you now have a small clue that I love tattoo’s. About three weeks prior to leaving for Istanbul, I researched tattoo shops in and around the ancient city. Eventually, I came across Fine Line Tattoo. With the power of the internet at my fingertips, I perused the artist portfolio’s, …
Continue reading "Fine Line Tattoo (Istanbul, Turkey)"The past week has been a joyous remembrance of new beginnings, a life worth living, experiencing a culture that I have dreamed about for decades, and finding my niche in this thing we call life. My sadness at the thought of leaving my 288 students was real and tangible as tears flowed without constraint during …
Continue reading "Round Two, Sak Yant Tattoo with Ajarn Sak (Bangkok Ink)"I think everyone has a reason or reasons why they travel abroad. Some may be escaping tough situations in their home country, others may want to explore their spirituality whereby taking the time to work on themselves, and there are a select few that take from the country they are in thus leaving it a …
Continue reading "Sak Yant Tattoo"Had a rough morning trying to get myself motivated. I fell asleep the previous evening around 8:00pm which tells me that I’m feeling some of the strain of teaching. Started my morning off by researching tattoo’s by Ajarn’s in my area. I ended up finding one through a Facebook search and used Google Translate to …
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