While sitting in the Pirate Bar in Utila
Honduras waiting for the World Cup to begin, I quickly noticed a girl,
Jules, who I had met earlier in Antigua. After speaking for a moment she
quickly turned around to speak to someone else and that is when I
noticed it, a tattoo outline of the world. I, along with many other
backpackers, quickly told her how awesome it looked. She also said that
she planned putting a red dot on all the places she has traveled. While
sitting at the table looking almost hypnotically looking at her tattoo
every time her back was facing me, I realized that I had finally gotten
the inspiration for the "travel" tattoo that I had been thinking about
since my trip to Thailand. She told me that she had gotten the tattoo
from Mike at Tattoo Antigua in Antigua, Guatemala. I realized that if I
was going to do that it would have to be a tattoo of the entire World
including the specific countries. I also knew that I would like to color
in each of the countries that I had traveled to. I went back to Antigua
and got the outline of the world done by Mike and then got the
countries colored in by Natural Mystic Tattoo in Pineville,
Louisiana. The following pictures are of my initial tattoo and the
progression of coloring in the countries. 70 counties so far with
hopefully many more to follow.
