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The visit to hyderabad finally happened. Exactly two months after the previous planned visit. The hosts played their part to the 't'. The later letters missing for making the guests open their wallets and the tea experiment etc. Comparing the hospi to my Chennai experience speaks volumes in itself. All in all, a trip to remember after jhansi.
The tour to the shahi tombs was echoing with laughter more due to the usual antics. Some things never change. But the long list of the kings and their tombs was a little saddening.
Then was the golconda fort. The fort which kept the city of hyderabad safe from the enemy's attacks. The sound engineering at that place is simply awesome. The amount of rnd which would have gone through for making the royal family realize the impending danger was thought provoking. Am I doing atleast 1 percent justice to what I studied?
Then the Charminar. The place to buy all the bright things which I wasnt interested in.
Hyderabad is a city which has preserved its ancient culture as well as moving with the present giving competition to Bangalore in the IT industry. That amazes me. There is one part of the city where you see the tongas and another where thereis the hi tech city whose entrance is like an entrance to the mosque. Too good.
This was all the historic sight seeing we did there. Four days werent enough. And the day we all took off from office was mostly spent sleeping. Did quite a bit of shopping there. And ate a looottt.
Ending abruptly, it was a good trip.