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I still find it hilarious that people here think I’m white. I have a feeling when they say: “Vellai karan” they mean “foreigner” not “white guy”. Today 2 guys went by me on a motorcycle and screamed “Vellllllaiiiiii”. I guess I might be a little offended if I was white, but then again, if I was white I probably wouldn’t know what “vellai” meant (at least not right away).
Last night we stayed in another REALLY dirty guesthouse. We walked in and there were people sleeping on the floor in the hallway/open area. We got to our room, which had 2 small beds. The walls didn’t go all the way to the ceiling so we could hear a Tamil movie that people in the hallway were watching. I always bring my own sheets with me because you DO NOT want to sleep directly on these sheets. When I woke up in the morning I went to the bathroom. There was a HUGE tub of water (I’ll try and get a pic of something like this if I get a chance) where people take buckets of water to bathe/brush their teeth. I looked around and wasn’t sure where to spit when I was brushing my teeth because there wasn’t a pipe/drain. The guy told me to just spit on the floor. OK.
Security has also gotten much tighter. We reached the first checkpoint at