My hotel room in Hyderabad (the little breakfast nook part)
My living room and "home office" (aka where i'd IM my friends "good morning" as I was going to bed.
Jet lag recovery area
Hotel atrium
Hotel
Catching a lift on an "autorickshaw" taxi to go see Old Town, Hyderabad
Shantytown on the side of the road, right across from hotels
Family of 4 on a motorcycle. Sometimes you'd see 5: with a newbord right in the nook behind the handlebars.
A couple of kids rollin down the street on their tricked out camel.
Watch out Siddhartha! You're about to slip on a banana peel!
Pro-Choice Guitar Playing?
Lots of Muslim woman wore the Niqab, a full veil with only slits for the eyes. It was an odd experience to hear so many different voices, laughs, and types of movements, and yet see the same enshrouded face everywhere.
In the middle of Old Town, a monument called The Charminar built in 1591.
Goats eating scraps of something
Another goat!
So many rickshaws!
Police dog all tuckered out after a long day of being subjected to pollution and the smell of rotting trash! Poor guy.
A giant lake in the center of town wtih a big ol' Buddha in the middle (accessible by boat)
Crazy red ecuatorial sunset
Dancers on the "cruise" I got around the lake
My work buddies Kiran, Prasad, and Mahender take me out shopping for Kurtas
My usual Indian breakfast. I started to really love Idli with Tomato / Coconut chutneys. Mmm. Idli...
After work dance party!
Mahender gettin' the party started.
The office building in Hyderabad where I went to work. In a "special economic zone" (low-tax area to attract companies to build there)
At the cafeteria enjoying some curry with my compadres.
New construction everywhere
The gang I'd been emailing with for a year, but never met until then.
Dinnertable at my hotel. Perfect for that after-dinner nap.
But you don't care about cooking ability? How sad.
Flying over coconut forests, approaching Kerala for my vacation! (Part 2)
