![]() Photo By: Sirintra Pumsopa/ShutterstockĪpart from being a party hub, Bali is renowned for its inexpensive sculptures, art and good furniture. It also is home to studios which blend Balinese mask designs with geometric patterns. The first glimpse, and the bill of COP6,00,000/Rs14,000, justified my decision to get inked in Colombia, and to follow Caesar’s advice.īali is famous for party spots like Rock Bar (top). After I gave my assent, he took about an hour and half to transfer the intricate design (it’s a pizza-slice-shaped line-and dot work depicting some of the places I’ve travelled to) onto my back. A 30-minute consult later, Diego came back with a design that he drew freehand. When I walked in, artist Diego Calaca on Instagram) greeted me in Spanish while a metal buzz from behind a portable screen filled the studio. A friend suggested Dr Calavera Tattoo Studio in Zona T. I went hunting in the capital’s Zona Sul, Zona Rosa and Zona T neighbourhoods for a good studio-my research suggested that these are home to plenty of safe and clean studios. After paying him the rather high New York prices (about $150/Rs10,500 per hour) for the fresh work of art, I decided to get my next tattoo in Bogotá. I learnt that Colombian artists ply their trade across the globe-they’re just that good-and the capital, Bogotá, is a hotspot for local artists. I got chatting with Caesar Bacchus, a Colombian tattoo artist, at East Side Ink in New York while he inked my back in November 2016. I must confess though, of my 11 tattoos, there are a few from New York-I got my first, a Calvin and Hobbes, in Goa-but the rest will definitely not break your bank. However, this list is for those who want to get inked at affordable rates. Not surprising, since the best tattoo artists reside in, or tour these cities frequently. While New York, Berlin, Los Angeles and London consistently feature on any list of top places to get inked, they are also among the most expensive. Every one of them started with a simple Google search and chat with locals-two steps I highly recommend to find a good tattoo artist. Instead of magnets, it is tattoos I collect as souvenirs from every place I travel to. ![]()
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