Sunday, March 22, 2009

A visit to the city of Nizams...


Been to Hyderabad this week. It was a sojourn for approx 2 days. Left Bangalore on Thursday the 19th with 3 other friends. Reason for the visit was to attend Naveen's bros wedding, meet some `longtime no see` frnds and at the sametime know the place better.

Having been in Bangalore for the past 20 odd years, I didnot find much difference b/w Bangalore and Hydb.Both places looked the same concrete jungles. The segregation of IT Hub from the rest of city, the congregation of apartments surrounding the Hub, very high traffic at specific parts in the city, JNTU like our BU in city center, made them look all the same. But relatively I felt Hydb has less traffic than Bangalore. Hybd roads looked well planned and simple to keep track of, on the other hand I've always felt its a confusing labyrinth in Bangalore. Also I did find the rickshawalas more accommodating than their Bangalore counterparts. With just 2 days in Hydb, the place looks so familiar.


Charminar

Being in Hydb was a wonderful experience. Was amazed to see the celebration of custom called marriage in this part of the country. Meeting some very close frnds, ambience shown by them(nice to have frnds in new places and much nicer if they have time for u:) ), the lavish wedding, visting Charminar and surrounding places, Hussain Sagar, IMAX (watched "Straight" here), shopping at Hydb Central, Biryani at Hotel Paradise, pesarattu at Chutneys, were moments to cherish.

Feels nice to take a break from routine chores, travel, meet frnds, know places and bringing back sweet memories. And also yess, to add, a small blogpost to make sure it remains in memory for ever :)

2 comments:

Bhavya said...

What you said is very true.. short breaks rejunevate us !
Nice to know that you enjoyed your trip Reddy :)

Vijay Bhaskar Reddy said...

Very much!..btw thanks for u'r time when i was thr:)