Hyderabad Part 2
Day-3 :
Again half the day wasted in getting up and getting ready!!! After about 3 hours we were all in front of the hotel. But still some of them were missing. Finally we all settled down at PARADISE again for another one of those heavenly meals. No I did not count the chickens this time. After the meal, Pats n Scienty bid farewell as they had to be in Mumbai the next day.
Off we went to Golconda Fort. The travel was again so erratic and crazy, I felt like turning back to the hotel. A guy coming in the wrong side of the road hit the car with his bike and started arguing that we should’ve come slowly!!! Bloody Hell!!! And after some 10 minutes… another Skoda was trying to pass us at high speed… and a guy turned sloooooooowly… slowwwwwwwwwly……. Into the main road right in front of the 2 cars!!! He was taking forever to turn and go into the side. The Skoda almost hit us whilst trying to avoid that guy… pushing us into the platform. But lucky we… the car did not get any scratch or damage on it. We reached the Fort finally only to roam around it for almost half hour to park the car. Then another half hour was spent in Me,Nambi and Bala getting crushed in the crowd to get a 5 rupee entry ticket. I have never seen such crowd anywhere else in India to visit a historical place. This fact gave us some satisfaction that there will be something worth of all this suffering. Half the Gang was doped by the awesome Chicken Biryani and Meeta Paan!!!!
So with all expectations we started walking inside the fort to find this.
The Golconda Fort
There was nothing intact in the lower layer of the fort, except for the tall halls called as CLAPPING PORTICOS. I did not find anything strange about it other than that people were standing and clapping and yeah they were also trying to listen to some sort of echo!!! I heard none. So the guys already in a drunken stupor, decided against climbing to the top of the fort and rested on the lawn. And as the time passed with our target Saby in the centre, we decided to call it quits and head back to the Hotel.
Me inside Golconda Fort
That night everyone except Me, Bala and Satheesh everybody left back for Mumbai,Pune and Chennai. We had booked our flights on the next day – trusting some ingenious distance calculation and new year trip planning by the great SW Engineer in HYD.
Day – 4 :
The day started with a hot bath in the tub, which was refreshing and relaxing as we all had got tired of doing nothing but yapping and drinking!!! Then we paid the hotel and left for Charminar in the car. The USP of HYD is Charminar. At least that’s what I was told when I was about to leave my home on 30th. So with great expectations we set off to the Old City, where the actual HYD was located. The maddening crowd almost killed me again. I kept counting how many times the car is gonna hit something/someone this time on the 18 km trip to the Charminar. The count crossed 10 and I gave up!!!
Finally I was standing in front of the Charminar, but in total disappointment!!! Neither did it look like what it looked in the pictures nor was it impressive!!! The historical monument, built for thanking INSHA ALLAH for saving the city from some plague was in a very bad condition!!! The maintenance was too bad. There were people all around the place and electric wires running all around the beautiful building. Couldn’t get a clear shot.
The Charminar
Inside the Charminar
The Mecca Masjid
The Mecca Masjid, situated right next to the Charminar was impressive. Though it was not open for tourists during prayer time, people were allowed in on that particular day. But we decided to skip the Mecca Masjid (The stones used in the building were brought from Mecca, hence the name) and head for our last trial on the famous HYD Chicken Biryani. The hotel which we went was moderate and rated highly by our driver. But when we went inside, the place looked no different from the kayyendhi bahavans of Chennai. But the Biryani tasted damn good. Just as we were about to leave, the hotel was stormed by Americans… around 30 r 40 of them (All females ofcourse!!!) and so we had to spend some more time there. (No you filthy minds… not cos we wanted to sit there and admire those Gori ladies… we had to wait until they settled down for getting our bill.. only one waiter you see!!! )
So after 0.5 hours.. we set of on the final phase of our journey in HYD… to the Airport!!! After bidding farewell to Pistu.. we checked in and waited in Q for another loooooooooooong security check. I was thinking how to explain the officer if he gets suspicious of me again. But the never bothered… he just stamped and let me pass!!! And as we reached the Hold Area… we were informed that our flight was delayed by 0.5 hours. So after another 0.5 hours of grueling wait… (actually it was good… we saw Pavan Kalyan – Chiranjeevi’s bro, met our cabin crew, calculated how far will the Murphy’s Law work out and also fighting so hard to control smoking despite sitting directly in front of the smoking room and with Satheesh smoking along with out Captain)we finally boarded the plane for a real rough flight back to home!!!!
Hyderabad Airport
Trust Me… the return flight was so bad that I felt the Volvo Bus would’ve reached Chennai smoothly!!!! Anyways there were more things in this trip to be remembered of!!! Thanks again guys.. to all of those who could make it and also to all those who called!!! Esp to Mac… hope u got some place to see the fireworks in Sydney. Be back soon in my other blog. Au revoir!!!!
Again half the day wasted in getting up and getting ready!!! After about 3 hours we were all in front of the hotel. But still some of them were missing. Finally we all settled down at PARADISE again for another one of those heavenly meals. No I did not count the chickens this time. After the meal, Pats n Scienty bid farewell as they had to be in Mumbai the next day.
Off we went to Golconda Fort. The travel was again so erratic and crazy, I felt like turning back to the hotel. A guy coming in the wrong side of the road hit the car with his bike and started arguing that we should’ve come slowly!!! Bloody Hell!!! And after some 10 minutes… another Skoda was trying to pass us at high speed… and a guy turned sloooooooowly… slowwwwwwwwwly……. Into the main road right in front of the 2 cars!!! He was taking forever to turn and go into the side. The Skoda almost hit us whilst trying to avoid that guy… pushing us into the platform. But lucky we… the car did not get any scratch or damage on it. We reached the Fort finally only to roam around it for almost half hour to park the car. Then another half hour was spent in Me,Nambi and Bala getting crushed in the crowd to get a 5 rupee entry ticket. I have never seen such crowd anywhere else in India to visit a historical place. This fact gave us some satisfaction that there will be something worth of all this suffering. Half the Gang was doped by the awesome Chicken Biryani and Meeta Paan!!!!
So with all expectations we started walking inside the fort to find this.
The Golconda Fort
There was nothing intact in the lower layer of the fort, except for the tall halls called as CLAPPING PORTICOS. I did not find anything strange about it other than that people were standing and clapping and yeah they were also trying to listen to some sort of echo!!! I heard none. So the guys already in a drunken stupor, decided against climbing to the top of the fort and rested on the lawn. And as the time passed with our target Saby in the centre, we decided to call it quits and head back to the Hotel.
Me inside Golconda Fort
That night everyone except Me, Bala and Satheesh everybody left back for Mumbai,Pune and Chennai. We had booked our flights on the next day – trusting some ingenious distance calculation and new year trip planning by the great SW Engineer in HYD.
Day – 4 :
The day started with a hot bath in the tub, which was refreshing and relaxing as we all had got tired of doing nothing but yapping and drinking!!! Then we paid the hotel and left for Charminar in the car. The USP of HYD is Charminar. At least that’s what I was told when I was about to leave my home on 30th. So with great expectations we set off to the Old City, where the actual HYD was located. The maddening crowd almost killed me again. I kept counting how many times the car is gonna hit something/someone this time on the 18 km trip to the Charminar. The count crossed 10 and I gave up!!!
Finally I was standing in front of the Charminar, but in total disappointment!!! Neither did it look like what it looked in the pictures nor was it impressive!!! The historical monument, built for thanking INSHA ALLAH for saving the city from some plague was in a very bad condition!!! The maintenance was too bad. There were people all around the place and electric wires running all around the beautiful building. Couldn’t get a clear shot.
The Charminar
Inside the Charminar
The Mecca Masjid
The Mecca Masjid, situated right next to the Charminar was impressive. Though it was not open for tourists during prayer time, people were allowed in on that particular day. But we decided to skip the Mecca Masjid (The stones used in the building were brought from Mecca, hence the name) and head for our last trial on the famous HYD Chicken Biryani. The hotel which we went was moderate and rated highly by our driver. But when we went inside, the place looked no different from the kayyendhi bahavans of Chennai. But the Biryani tasted damn good. Just as we were about to leave, the hotel was stormed by Americans… around 30 r 40 of them (All females ofcourse!!!) and so we had to spend some more time there. (No you filthy minds… not cos we wanted to sit there and admire those Gori ladies… we had to wait until they settled down for getting our bill.. only one waiter you see!!! )
So after 0.5 hours.. we set of on the final phase of our journey in HYD… to the Airport!!! After bidding farewell to Pistu.. we checked in and waited in Q for another loooooooooooong security check. I was thinking how to explain the officer if he gets suspicious of me again. But the never bothered… he just stamped and let me pass!!! And as we reached the Hold Area… we were informed that our flight was delayed by 0.5 hours. So after another 0.5 hours of grueling wait… (actually it was good… we saw Pavan Kalyan – Chiranjeevi’s bro, met our cabin crew, calculated how far will the Murphy’s Law work out and also fighting so hard to control smoking despite sitting directly in front of the smoking room and with Satheesh smoking along with out Captain)we finally boarded the plane for a real rough flight back to home!!!!
Hyderabad Airport
Trust Me… the return flight was so bad that I felt the Volvo Bus would’ve reached Chennai smoothly!!!! Anyways there were more things in this trip to be remembered of!!! Thanks again guys.. to all of those who could make it and also to all those who called!!! Esp to Mac… hope u got some place to see the fireworks in Sydney. Be back soon in my other blog. Au revoir!!!!
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