Top 10 things to know about Tamil Nadu

1. Drink 7 liters of water a day
2. Always drive with your highbeams on
3. Don't eat fried street food because they reuse their oil up to 10 times
4. Always have a shawl handy
5. You can never have too many calendars
6. You can never have too many flowers in your hair
7. Pee anywhere you want (poo too!)
8. A guide book can't save you now!
9. Hotmail, Yahoo, Gmail, and VISA don't really work in India, charge with caution
10. You're lucky if your bed is a mat with a pillow
11. Have bobby pins and safety pins available at all times
12. Burp, fart, spit, belch, or cough as much as possible especially when you are in public.