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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
A priest on a bike, what a cool guy https://t.co/24yakwKq7Y
This was lunch; extremely good. And way more rice than I can eat 😂 I barely ate a third of the rice, but most of everything else. F’n delicious https://t.co/oZinrR2KOC
Lazy afternoon for the street cows https://t.co/4s9ssXQgs4
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
Interestingly elaborate paint job on this truck - got me wondering now what would it look like if Optimus Prime was Indian 😂 I’d love to watch the painter at work + learn more about this truck culture https://t.co/cYPXqGSnDS
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
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
Couple of pics of grandpa from when he must’ve been around my age, maybe even younger https://t.co/VsOxduTDWm
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 😂 https://t.co/EV6yc9uAx5
A huge cock. I bet this guy has two health bars. https://t.co/PJv8auAPpL
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
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
Family of goats got somewhere to be https://t.co/mS5Izz0pwN
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
Dinner! Apparently my relatives like to drown the rice in rasam 😂 https://t.co/PJgAvgd6t9
I was informed that apparently people drink this by biting off a corner?? Wild https://t.co/78bMaopw13
Sunset (and grandpa’s funeral announcement) https://t.co/PWwawXzoJ8
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
Feeling quite motivated to make pantslessness a part of my fashion moving forward. Maybe pair them with some nice sneakers https://t.co/IGJsHmY0LT
Did you know that Indians discovered atomic physics before the rest of the world? Just kidding, I made that up 😂 I like kolams - geometric patterns made at doorsteps https://t.co/3oP6KDYW5f
Some cute animals. Yes there is a chicken sitting on the dog in the last pic https://t.co/s4LHIgtBo4
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
Ok that’s all I got for today! More tomorrow 👋🏾😘 - wife: you would honestly pull off crazy swami cult so well me: ...bruh https://t.co/yssOR1M0Co
