I collect patches from all the places I’ve been and sew them on the carry-on I always have with me. I have a friend who collects, get this, Starbucks coffee cups from around the world.
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What was the last souvenir you picked up while traveling? Was it a teeny Leaning Tower of Pisa? A magnet with a memory filled sky-line? Or, how about a tattoo from a local artist instead?
Tattourism © Meanest Indian
A growing trend among adventurous travelers is being touted as ‘tattourism,’ collecting marks and body-art from around the globe. Certainly a more permanent tchotchke than the paper ticket stubs that might fill your scrap books, but arguably a more memorable collection. Rocky Rakovic, editor of Inked magazine, writes that “some people even plan their travel around tattoo appointments abroad.”
Read more about this interesting trend here.