New month, new ink

[Update: Happy April Fools’ Day!]

Having left school behind and entered Burma, Craig decided he wanted a memento of our time volunteering with the Karen people. Rather than get a disposable souvenir, he decided to have a traditional Karen tattoo done! Luckily we were able to find a Karen tattoo artist working in Mandalay.

To be honest, the tattoo parlour wasn’t really ideal – certainly a bit dodgy by western standards. It was one of those situations, you’re just meaning to ask about the price, but then you’re inside and feel like you can’t say no. The tattoo artist didn’t speak much English, so it was hard to communicate, but luckily the result was really cool. Here it is:

We have been in Burma for just over a week now. The internet is slow and unreliable, so it might be a while until we can get another post out. Hope you get some rain soon New Zealand (never thought I’d need to say that in summer).

Comments from WordPress

• leanne 2013-03-31T18:11:56Z

  April fools? I require a close-up shot for verification purposes :-)

• Garry 2013-04-01T10:18:01Z

  I, too, smell a joke here…

• Craig and Sal 2013-04-01T12:11:54Z

  Yes, we found a fake tattoo sleeve in Bangkok. Happy April Fools’ Day :-)

Written by Craig Drayton and Sally Robertson