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Canada2068 Posts
Week one: Hyderabad
Special thanks: Targe, BLinD-RawR
Writing this on the airplane from Hyderabad to Shanghai.
"We know full well that the insertion of new habits or the changing of old ones is the only way to preserve life, to renew our sense of time, to rejuvenate, intensify, and retard our experience of time--and thereby renew our sense of life itself. That is the reason for every change of scenery and air, for a trip to the shore: the experience of a variety of refreshing episodes."
Knowing this, I planned a trip to see my buddy BLinD-RawR in the birthplace of Buddhism. Just completed the first leg of the journey! I had a wonderful time in Hyderabad. In no small part due to suggestions and help from a couple TLers
I landed in the early hours of the 18th at Hyderabad and made my way to my hotel in Kondapur.
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The first day I just relaxed at our hostel to sweat out the previous day of travel and to take the time to sort out what I wanted to do while we were in the city and how I was going to go about it. I decided to spend the first day sightseeing around central Hyderabad, just walking around exploring.
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This sculpture was my favourite.
On the 22nd, I met up with BLinD-RawR, who had come a fairly long way down to hang out with me. Once again having a lovely time getting to know someone I had been speaking to through TL for years. My favourite part was talking about tropes commonly used in Indian films. We went to a biryani place, which is said to be the best in the world. It's some kind of rice stew with meat.
Obligatory chomsky reference for martx2:
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wow coooooool :D also nice pictures i love pictures in travel blogs, where are the pics of what you did with BR? :D
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I found the craftsmanship and food amazing (although it was 20 years ago...)!
As stated in another travel blog - so cool to see people from TL helping others make the most of their travels :D
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ALLEYCAT BLUES51631 Posts
On July 24 2015 22:24 y0su wrote:
I found the craftsmanship and food amazing (although it was 20 years ago...)!
As stated in another travel blog - so cool to see people from TL helping others make the most of their travels :D
still I never thought I'd see the day I'd meet a TLer in my own hometown, what a bizarre coincidence.
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Good thing you didnt get raped in India.
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Italy12248 Posts
Cool; i travelled for one and a half month in India with a couple of friends of mine, and it was probably the greatest adventure of my life  enjoy your trip!
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TLADT24920 Posts
Nice blog, but, short! Give us more details! What did you do? How was the biryani place? Any food pictures? What were prices like? How was your experience with Indian folks? I could go on and on lol
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I'm in Hyderabad right now! Did you go to paradise? Last time I was here, I went there, as everyone had claimed its biriyani was the best. Hyderabad has a stupid amount of traffic, and it's really dusty, but it's a nice place to check out.
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ALLEYCAT BLUES51631 Posts
On July 28 2015 21:45 aRyuujin wrote:
I'm in Hyderabad right now! Did you go to paradise? Last time I was here, I went there, as everyone had claimed its biriyani was the best. Hyderabad has a stupid amount of traffic, and it's really dusty, but it's a nice place to check out.
it would have been nice to know, too bad I'm too busy during the week.
yes I took him to paradise.
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