Friday 20th April 2012 - Krabi, Tonsai

I had woken up pretty early today and was just intending to head to the beach to read. On my walk down the path towards the beach I pass Bamboo's place. I usually just say hello and continue walking but today I ended up going in and sat talking with him the whole day. He explained that he had once had his own tattoo business in Koh Phangan but that he one day decided to leave it all behind and come to Tonsai and start all over again. He had built the place he lived in and had all these amazing ideas for what he was going to do it, including tattoos, a coffee shop and bar, he was going to make rooms and cook food. The place was big enough but was not finished and it seems his money flow had dried up. Anyway he wanted to do a tattoo for me so he could make some money as he had no money for food for his dogs or himself. I didn't really want a tattoo but I wasn't against it so I asked him to design something to make the one on my back better. He got out his pens and started drawing on my back. I didn't like the first design he came up with so he showed me some tattoo books to get an idea of what I like. The second idea had potential but he couldn't complete the drawing as he said it was easier to do straight on me but he kept explaining that there would be this shading and windows but I had no idea what he was talking about and I certainly wasnt going to let him tattoo straight onto me without a full design showing how my tattoo would fit into his ideas. Also I wanted it to be traced onto my back so he would have an outline to work to, but no he insisted that he worked better straight onto the body, freehand!!! Ahhh hell no!!! As much as this guy was lovely and as much as I would love for him to give me a tattoo, I wasnt taking a massive chance like that with something that would be with me for life - just for a nice guy!! Instead I offered to take him and the dogs for food. We climbed through the rocks, dogs as well (they are surprisingly amazing climbers!), and headed to The Last Bar. Bamboo was so light on his feet and played around on the rocks like captain jack sparrow joking around and pretending to fall. He was really sweet and excited by the idea that I was taking him to eat and asked that if I see my friends could I please not forget about him - he's a really shy guy. I had seen Maria in the morning and she had told me she was going to go there for food tonight as well but I had no idea what time or anything but  decided it was cool, I would just eat with Bamboo. When we got there though we saw Mihai. He was looking for Maria also and so we just asked him to join us. Our food came and then so did Maria so we moved our table around for her and her friends to join. She had been climbing with a spanish girl and Austrian guy.  We ate the food, watched Mr gorgeous Ting do his thing and Bamboo and I walked back to Tonsai. When we got to where I go towards my accommodation and he goes towards his, we hugged and then he tried to kiss me. I said no and said we were just friends. He was very persistent and despite being absolutely beautiful, I didn't feel him like that.  Eventually he got the message and we went out separate ways.