Small update ya? And another note of apology for the lack of pictures. It seems that the internet speeds in this country are not up to par with ours...maybe we'll be of luck in Agra to do some uploading. I especially would like you to play the "Find the White Man/GB in the crowds of Indians".
After spending a day of sightseeing in Hyderabad with my old friend Mohan Krishna, who did his Mas. Communications in Hyderabad while I was studying there, we headed towards Khajuraho. But first, a little on Hyd nah? Garrett and I headed towards Chutney's, a nice South Indian restaraunt in Panjagutta, an area of Hyd that is full of big brand shops and big malls. The food was quite delish, with me getting a rava dosa on which i heaped loads of coconut, ginger, and groundnut chutneys, and garrett getting a south indian thali. But i think his tummy has been sort of bothersome lately, which was too bad. We met up with Mohan Krishna and it was off to the Old City to see Charminar and do some chudi shopping. Ok, so a LOT of bangle shopping...tsk tsk tsk. Anyhow, the city is building a lot of new flyovers around Hyderabad, and i think the population as like doubled in size since two years ago, so it is very crowded and the traffic is absolutely ridiculous, with motocrycles waiting on the sidewalks! It was very interesting to see, but it made me happy cause that means a lot of people like the city, and it IS a wonderful place. But now it's even more congested and polluted...so it goes. Mohan and Garrett enjoyed talking about various subjects while i wandered around Lad bazaar trying to find this certain type of bangle i wanted to bring back. Haggling was fun, difficult, but i held my ground and was probably only cheated about half as bad as i would have been otherwise. Ah we also went up Charminar to see views of the old city...we paid our special privilege ticket which got us some fancy printed piece of paper. After the Old City we went to the Birla Mandir to see Sri Balaji, one of the most powerful gods for Andhra Pradesh (ok maybe for india? i dont know these things). The Birla Mandir is this beautiful peaceful temple overlooking Hyderabad and Secunderabad's big lake, the Hussain Sagar. It's constructed out of white marble and is just gorgeous, and a perfect place to visit and chill at during sunset. We then had a nice thali for dinner and headed to Nampally station to shower up and wait for our train to take off, sharing Blonde jokes and Sardar Jokes (jokes about sirs from Punjab, very similar to blonde jokes). Good Time Pass. and a great time spent with another old friend!
Our 22 hour train ride towards Jhansi in Madhya Pradesh was also eventful. Garrett met two very nice and curious boys, Abrar and Majaz, who were on their way to Ajmer, which is an important Muslim pilgrimmage site. We enjoyed talking about the states, learning some hindi, and practicing english. Once in Jhansi, we decided to go ahead and take a taxi towards Khajuraho, a 3 hour ride at 10pm at night. So not the safest, but hey we made it and didn't have to spend a night in Jhansi.
Khajuraho has been interesting. We are at a hotel where one ouf our friends we met on the trip works...and yestertday was a hot day seeing the temples. We'll write more about that soon. Tomorrow we're off to Agra, then Delhi....then out of India. Too saad...boo!
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