Incredible India

20.10.2012

Swetha and Nymisha guide us around in Hyderabad today. We visit the Golconda Fort and in the evening we take our time for intensive shopping. Finally we are going partying all together!
This morning at 11:00 a.m. the Germans meet Swetha, Nymisha, Melina and Meghan at the train station Hi-Tech City. Then we are waiting for our train.

Indian train









In the trains are separated compartments for ladies.



View southwards



View northwards



The Indian style - just running across the train tracks






Some people like us are using the bridge to cross the tracks.



Hi-Tech City






A piece of the Mullakathuva Cheruvu



Nymisha, Swetha, Meghan and Melina are also running across the train tracks
and do not use the bridge like real Indians.



Svana, Nymisha, Swetha, I, Alex and Melina
(from left to right)
having fun while waiting for the train.



Some begging kids and Christoph with the desired coke

Ultimately at 13:30 p.m. our train arrives. We are so surprise and just jump in the train, that we almost lost the boys. But we all handled to squeeze in the train.

Juliane



Isabel






Melina, Nymisha, Svana and I



enjoy the view out of the train.



Hold in your legs. It's getting tight.









Svana and I



Nymisha and Melina

Finally we arrive at the final stop Jamai Osmania. There we are looking for a riksha that brings us to the Golconda Fort, which is still 15 km to go.

At Jamai Osmania



We find coloured chickens.



Lulus Gallus and Gallus gallus



Sewtha






Isabel, Alex, Melian, Swetha and I
found a cheep riksha.



We go past Charminar



and see a lot of the city.

We arrive at Golconda Fort. But before we enter the fort, we are having a little snack of samosas.

The Golconda Fort was built by Ibrahim Quli Qutub Shah Wali,
the fourth Qutub king of the Qutub Shahi Dynasty.









Christoph and Nymisha wanted to find a shortcut, but the security sent them back down. So we have to walk the propper way.



It is so beautiful!









Swetha, Isabel, Nymisha and Melina



Climbing around the ruin












Ready,



steady,



go!



Done!



Meghan, Alex, Svana, Swetha, Juliane, I, Christoph, Isabel, Melina and Nymisha
(from left to right)
the whole excursion group



We climb up to the highest point.





















Christoph and I



Swetha and Nymisha
the best Indian guides ever!



Christoph enjoys the view over Hyderabad.



It is going further up!












We've done it!



Hyderabad



The wall of Golconda Fort












Isabel and I



Swetha



Juliane






We are going back down.












A kite



Meghan and Melina

After all this climbing and those fantastic impressions we are really hungry. So we set off to the City Center Mall for supper and shopping. On our way to the city center we get caught in heavy rain and in a riksha you can't protect yourself from getting wet. But in the mall we find enough cloth to change (:

Rain



is running down the streets.

We made it to the mall. As the restaurants are only opening in an hour, we take the time for checking out the shops. We get lots of sarees, salwar kameez, scarfs and jewellery.

Delicious Indian supper.

We are strengthened for the final shopping and dancing in one of the clubs in the mall. We savour our last party together until the club closes.

Somebody already looks tired.



Christian, Melina, Meghan and I

Our last night together is over. We go back to our hotels and dream of this lovely day in incredible India. Tomorrow we will meet Melina, Meghan and Swetha again for brunch before we have to say Goodbye for a longer time.

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