Chilling on Koh Samet with the dog that adopted me

So there I was, hanging out on Koh Samet (with a bit of a sunburn) when I spotted a chair with an umbrella. 30 Baht later, and the chair and shade was mine for the day. I put my coconut drink down and start to put up the umbrella, hoping that the shade will be enough to let my sunburn heal (despite the fact the sun is super bright and the sand is pure white... thus bouncing most of it right back at me despite any shade I could find), when a dog darts out of the bushes behind me. He takes a long look at my drink, decides it isn't good enough for him, and lays down in the shade of my umbrella... thereby taking up the spot I was going to put my chair in.

He gave me a look that was like "Look, pal, I've been kicked, beaten, and shot at nearly every day since I was born. You don't want to fuck with me. Now sit down next to me and scratch me behind my ear... I've had a hell of a day."

And that's what I did.

The Germans called him "Morgen Muften" (it means "morning muffin). I called him Jovon... sometimes.

Heh. Not everyone can be a morning person, I guess. ;)

Yep... that's me getting a tattoo from a Thai Rastafarian.

His name was "Sadistic Aht." :D

Taken by Jovon.