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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago

Lying awake in bed in a hotel in Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu - I’m planning to write a travel essay on my blog, but in the meantime I’ll do a quick thread of pics and thoughts so far? https://t.co/Yanxe66nFX

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Day two in Karaikudi, TN. Here are a couple of street views - I love how the people here are bold with their color choices https://t.co/x0Y0ZfYbTp

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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A priest on a bike, what a cool guy https://t.co/24yakwKq7Y

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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This was lunch; extremely good. And way more rice than I can eat šŸ˜‚ I barely ate a third of the rice, but most of everything else. F’n delicious https://t.co/oZinrR2KOC

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Lazy afternoon for the street cows https://t.co/4s9ssXQgs4

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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In #Sense8, Capheus of Nairobi has a Van Damme bus. I feel like he would appreciate that in Karaikudi there’s a Jackie Chan bus https://t.co/hjqi6tDbUS

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Interestingly elaborate paint job on this truck - got me wondering now what would it look like if Optimus Prime was Indian šŸ˜‚ I’d love to watch the painter at work + learn more about this truck culture https://t.co/cYPXqGSnDS

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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This is the street in front of my grandfather’s house. I imagine his ancestors before him can’t have been very far from here...? But history will always surprise you, so who knows https://t.co/AfeojFRlUq

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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And this is the house itself. Very trippy to consider that this could easily have been my life if not for a handful of decisions other people made. Or that I might not have been at all. Everything is so arbitrary, and yet seldom feels that way https://t.co/sjYSD01LiS

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Couple of pics of grandpa from when he must’ve been around my age, maybe even younger https://t.co/VsOxduTDWm

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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I didn’t get it in this video, but goats make the most hilarious sounds IRL. They really sound more like people than any other animal I’ve encountered. They don’t just meh, they also yell like angry upset dudes šŸ˜‚ https://t.co/EV6yc9uAx5

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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A huge cock. I bet this guy has two health bars. https://t.co/PJv8auAPpL

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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This was breakfast, also amazing. My parents had idlies, I had poori. 3rd pic is the best vadai I’ve ever had - it’s like a... savory, slightly spicy muffin that’s lightly crunchy on the outside. Way fluffier here than any I’ve had in SG https://t.co/zOZhIQPIRH

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Found a map of Karaikudi at lunch - it looks like it’s focused on highlighting the small businesses. Ganesh Textiles, Sundar Tyres... I love how it feels like something out of a cutesy video game or educational comic book https://t.co/2qJISKcUuY

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Family of goats got somewhere to be https://t.co/mS5Izz0pwN

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Cow got somewhere to be, too (It’s interesting to pay attention to the sort of background soundtrack of everyday sounds - birds, roosters, dogs, engines of different vehicles... and then contrast that with home) https://t.co/WDXeimwyKZ

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Dinner! Apparently my relatives like to drown the rice in rasam šŸ˜‚ https://t.co/PJgAvgd6t9

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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I was informed that apparently people drink this by biting off a corner?? Wild https://t.co/78bMaopw13

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Sunset (and grandpa’s funeral announcement) https://t.co/PWwawXzoJ8

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Pillioning into town on the back of my cousin’s motorcycle; always a fun and immersive way to see the world https://t.co/lWKMhUYOWq

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Feeling quite motivated to make pantslessness a part of my fashion moving forward. Maybe pair them with some nice sneakers https://t.co/IGJsHmY0LT

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Did you know that Indians discovered atomic physics before the rest of the world? Just kidding, I made that up šŸ˜‚ I like kolams - geometric patterns made at doorsteps https://t.co/3oP6KDYW5f

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Some cute animals. Yes there is a chicken sitting on the dog in the last pic https://t.co/s4LHIgtBo4

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Just a random shot of some fellas preparing food for ~30 people. I’d love to see a side-by-side comparisons of how people do this around the world, preparing food in makeshift kitchens https://t.co/o9JdJlQMCS

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago
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Ok that’s all I got for today! More tomorrow šŸ‘‹šŸ¾šŸ˜˜ - wife: you would honestly pull off crazy swami cult so well me: ...bruh https://t.co/yssOR1M0Co

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 6 years ago
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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 7 years ago

Day three! Here’s a dhoti ad https://t.co/6jcVJ5sfr5

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