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IS ORIHUELA COSTA’S RAY HOUGHTON SPAIN’S MOST TATTOOED MAN? ancunian Ray Houghton has been the proprietor of the Beach Body Gym in Cabo Roig for ten or more years.
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Not only is he well known in the area as a ‘body builder’ extraordinaire, but he is also proud to boast that just about every part of his body, including his private parts, is covered in exotic tattoo designs. It is something that he has achieved, albeit at a cost of almost 10,000 euro, in an effort to hide his "ageing" skin, which at a mere 67-years-of-age, he feels, looks remarkably good. A military veteran, Ray was introduced to tattoos when he was serving in the Royal Artillery. However, he found all eight of his initial inkings "rather embarrassing," soon growing tired of the designs and deciding to cover them up. Those initial ‘tats’ included a boat, the word's 'mum' and 'dad', a naked woman, and a Geisha girl. “It was getting them covered up,” he said, that led the gym owner to become obsessed with this form of body modification. According to Ray, this sparked an obsession, which set him out on a mission to have his whole body tattooed in an effort to hide his "ageing" skin.
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