The 1000 Day Holiday

Last year when I was in Chaing Mai, there was 2 Candidian girls getting thai sanscrit tattoos on their wrist saying things like “Compassion” on their wrists. Their tatoo artist had lived in the UK and had a good grasp on english, so hopefully the translation worked out well.

This year, theres another Canadian. She wanted the thai sanscrit for “independant” on her wrist.

Her tattoo artist doesn’t really speak english, so she would have ended up with it meaning a countrys independence. Luckily she checked with a few other thais.

What I dont get is why they get a tattoo in a language they have no knowledge of.

On a funnier note:

One of the guys at the hostel met a thai girl and one thing led to another… she had THAILAND in big block lettering across her lower back.

I said he should have taken a photo so when people asked where he was for his holiday he could show them and say in thailand