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Let me again reiterate how weird it is to travel in India as a comparatively tall American person, especially when you are by yourself. When I was in Tiruvannamalai, I was by myself, and they don't see many westerners there at all. Despite being a "small," out-of-the-way town, there were always, oh, about a billion people in the streets, and they all had their eyes fixed on the giant, blonde freak. "One is the lonliest number..." Plus, everybody wants to get close to you, touch you if they can, and have their picture taken with you. This is in Periyar.