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Bismillah
May Allah make it easy. If you don't have the means to remove tattoos, then don't worry but try to cover up and redo your wudu for each prayer when water is available. The moment you have accepted islam, all your past sins are forgiven and have started off with a clean slate. So now turn to Allah for guidance and increase in your good action and make a resolution that you will not go near any sin let alone into a sin.
Also there are plenty of online resource to learn from in absence of qualified scholar. However one must atleast try to keep in contact with scholars over the net.


www.shafifiqh.com
www.edars.com
http://seekersguidance.org/
[url]http://www.seekersdigest.org[/url

Anyway, here is something useful. Sister Anybody already pasted some of the excerpt.
http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?70960-Basic-Educational-Resources-for-New-Muslims-Please-Reply&p=596011&highlight=#post596011