It started out at the Monkey Temple. I noticed that some Indian women were getting really close to me and taking photos. I tried to get out of their way. One of them asked me if they could take a photo with me. I turned around to find a group of women eager for a photo. After a few photos, they encouraged their male friends to join the group shots. Many of the women tried to get a photo of me shaking their hand. They were very nice about the whole thing, but it still felt odd to me. They tried to include Miton, but he didn't want the attention. You can see from these photos that this kind of experience happened many more times in Nepal. At one point, a few of them wanted me to hold their kid. Miton and I were joking that my face is going to be all over Facebook, but there will be no way to tag me.
This is hilarious! Something similar happened to me and even more so my blond friend when we went to more rural parts of China [although once a little girl befriended him in Nanjing and another time we were accosted for photos outside the Forbidden City in Beijing!]. I don't think it'll happen to you in Shanghai... but at least you're prepared now :)
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