Koh Phangan Tattoo

This week I discovered something called the "Koh Phangan Tattoo". It's road rash from crashing one's motorcycle on the island. The steep hills, inexperienced drivers, and drunk driving are a deadly combination here, and we've seen the "tattoo" a hundred times. Because we didn't want to be tattooed, we rented a jeep to explore the island.

While driving around the island, we met a nice Dutch couple who hitched a ride from us. We saw them the next day, and the girl was sporting her own tattoo, which was strange since they had avoided renting motorbikes so they could stay safe. Turns out she was walking along the road and a 10 year-old boy ran into her on his motorbike. Oh, the irony.