18 June - Hyderabad
Reached Hyderabad early morning. The water in the train
had finished, so went to the 1st class waiting room on the railway station to freshen up.
Kedia uncle, Bhaiya’s father in law, was there when I came out. I am bracing
myself for formalities. Soon after then Vikas, brother in law, came and we all
went to his house. He has a nice house in a nice locality. Shweta, Vikas’s
wife, is really nice person (first time meeting her). Stayed home all day but went out in the evening
for a little shopping. It’s a nice
bazaar but not that great. Came home, had dinner and slept! Not much touring today.
19 June - Hyderabad
Had a good breakfast and made the program to see the
museum and the fort today.
Shweta, Bhaiya and I went to the bus station and took the
bus to the museum. Saw the jewel show first. The collection was of the Nizam of
old times. At one time, India was the sole producer of diamonds. And that is
what is on exhibit here! Amazing jewelry. Now granted a lot of it was crudely
cut, not shiny like we are used to seeing now, but nevertheless beautiful – and
expensive! There was all sorts of jewelry – necklaces, rings, and crowns….and
on and on. We finished around 1 pm. Waited for Vikash and then went to
Rajdhani. Bought some chicken work suits and then had lunch. We had good lunch
…. And good company.
Then took an auto to Golconda Fort. 30 mins later we were
there. The fort was quite broken down but still majestic. It was huge and went
on forever and ever. I always wonder how people live in these stone forts. How
did they decorate? On what did they sleep? What did they eat? And so many other
questions. We walked up to the top, lots of stairs! Then just sat there and
enjoyed the view of the city and the fort. We sat around till 6:30 pm until we
could get the tickets for the light show. Each time we had to through some dark
tunnels, the smell was awful from all the bats living there. I really wish they
could charge some more money and keep the place clean.
The night show was quite good. Very nice lights and
sounds. The story telling was great. The fort was of a Hindu king and was
destroyed by Mugals. It did get a little
windy and cold outside.
After it was all over, went to the bus station and
reached home by 9:30 pm. It was dinner and sleep after that.
20 June - Hyderabad -> Bhubaneshwar
Got up in the morning and packed. Bhaiya was going back
to USA while we were going to go on to Orissa. The entire day went at home
eating and talking. Papa and I were the
first ones to leave by train (Bhaiya would be leaving next followed by aunty
uncle).
It was an overnight train to Bhubaneshwar. We were almost
on the last leg of our IndRail pass. It was nice to have a few days left on it
so we could get back to Dehra Dun in time.
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