The First Tattoo: Starting Our Journey to Ink Our Way Across the Map

apicture of the brand new fresh tattoo from mongolia

It had been an exhausting two and a half days as my 3 day trip to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia neared its end. Sitting at the dining room table with my friends, Uuna and Oona, talking about how I had enjoyed my trip thus far. Little did I know that two very weird things were about to […]

Sorting your Chinese Visa

China is one of those countries in which most, if not all, foreigners need a visa to even get a layover (transit visa) much less visit. If you are feeling brave, you can always attempt to get a transit visa or 5-day visit visa on arrival. However, I know far too many people who have […]

Looking Back: The Jet-Lagged Dream

The next morning my jet-lagged body woke me up at the beautiful hour of five am. I lit up a cigarette and sat on the little ledge in front of my window. Before you ask why I was smoking in a temporary living place I’ll precursor it with this. It’s China. You can smoke anywhere […]

Looking Back: My First Day in China

Waking up in a place that you’ve never been before, and quite frankly don’t recall falling asleep in, is an alarming experience. To do so with a 75-pound Chinese woman leaning over top of you, grinning down at you, half in the front seat, half in the back makes that alarming feeling change from a […]

Reinvention of Nomadic Inscriptions – First real blog post.

I started this blog two years ago while living in China. Right after starting it my life got flip turned upside down and I just didn’t put in the time and effort needed for this. I wanted to, but I didn’t make the time. Unfortunately with the revisions made on the site, the old posts […]