driving the growth of tattoo tourism to Thailand. For thousands of years, Thai culture has cherished the spiritual powers of sak yants, mystical tattoos inked by Buddhist monks and masters of magic.

Sponsor Message Master Noo Kampai is a former Buddhist monk who illustrated the back of actress Angelina Jolie — perhaps the most famous of tattoo tourists — with a crouching tiger and rows of ...

"We dedicate our lives to avoiding desire," he said. Phrakhrupalad Wutthichai Phothachai, or "Monk Wutti, " is a Buddhist missionary monk living in Mobile who helped build Louisiana’s first Thai ...