inkedbuddhist

the full sleeve.. the beginning of...
i've found someone to complete my full sleeve for me.. a guy called chris from steel lotus in sydney.. he has just returned from japan where he has spent the last few years tattooing...

we spent an hour talking through what i wanted.. am going for a koi on my lower arm swimming upstream surrounded by water with a...
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buddhism...

this is a huge post for me.. second only to the amazing support of my friends and family buddhism has been an amazing source of comfort and solace for me in the last year...

it was about a year ago that depression and anxiety really started have an impact on my day to day life.. really got to an unmanageable point...

now i'd always...
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so.. have changed my name and removed a few pics.. have decided to anonymise my profile a little.. mainly cause life is shit at times and i find quite a lot of solace in this site.. there are some great people on here but i don't want to vent out my issues that i can't tell people who actually know me in a place where...
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I have finally emigrated to Australia and have been in Sydney now since Sunday.

I am busy looking for employment, accommodation, friends and a good tattooist (not necessarily in that order)!

If anyone is about in Sydney and fancies making a new friend with (what I've been told is..) a cute accent then give me shout!

am heading back to the uk tonight...

wow...


after travelling for 3 months it is weird to be in one place now.. especially somewhere where friends etc are few and far between (should definitely have got out more and worked less!)...

big decisions to be made.. don't get me wrong the options available are awesome and i'm lucky to have such a range of opportunities but that doesn't make such a big...
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the gamble paid off.. i left toronto for cape town without a definite place on the tour (i asked to be reinstated after making a faster and fuller recovery than expected) and got an email when i landed in abu dhabi confirming my place was still available for me.. he who dares wins...


had to book another flight from toronto to cape town as i...
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so before i tell you just how amazing costa rica is i'd like to give a quick shout out to imodium.. its been an amazing travel companion over the last two weeks.. i really couldn't have done it without it!


anyway back to costa rica.. everyone keeps telling me they are so jealous, well they should be! this place is fucking amazing! i love...
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so went snorkeling again in roatan at coconut bay in the west end, there is a sunken submarine out in the bay which i went to check out.. it was pretty cool but quite small, when i dived down for a closer look i don't think my shoulders would have fitted in the hatch.. but it looked too old to be a remote controlled sub.....
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