Getting a Sak Yant Tattoo in Chiang Mai

Getting a Sak Yant Tattoo in Chiang Mai

Before our trip to Thailand, my partner Daniel mentioned that he was interested in getting a Sak Yant tattoo. Traditionally performed by a monk with a bamboo needle, Sak Yant tattoos or “magic tattoos” are sacred symbols believed to confer blessing or protection....
An Add Encounter at a Thai Pharmacy

An Add Encounter at a Thai Pharmacy

November 5 & 6, 2017 I awoke on the morning of November 5th to find that Daniel had been up half the night with stomach troubles. He was pale and too exhausted to get out of bed. We assumed that his illness was the result of something that he ate or drank, but I...