HYDERABAD

Hyderabad Trip was pending from long time. 

                           

Twice we decided and dint get the tickets.  Most  long weekend buses from Bangalore to  Hyderabad and Bangalore to chennai are always full..

Finally  we got the tickets for Hyderabad on a long weekend.. Hyderabad is around 10hrs journey. So overnight Sleeper AC buses are  better.. 

DAY  1 - HYDERABAD


DAY 2 - HYDERABAD - RAMOJI FILM CITY 


DAY 3 - HYDERABAD


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DAY 3 - HYDERABAD

1. Chilkur Balaji temple

Chilkur Balaji temples is popularly known as Visa Balaji temple.. Main deity here is Lord Balaji...  Its a popular belief that, if their is

any difficult to Visa , people visit this temple and do 11 rounds around the temple.. Once the wish is fulfilled they can visit temple and complete 108 rounds..

This place is around an hours drive from Hyderabad. Best way would be to take a bus or train.

Charminar

Charminar is a monument, near by to a mosque.. 

There is a fees to climb this monument. The stairs

are very narrow and not suitable for elderly people.

Once you are on top,  you get a view of City...

This place has a good shopping for ladies.. Bangles are famous in choodibazzar.. 

Chowmahalla palace

Chowmahalla palace is palace of Nizams of hyderabad ..This place was official residence of Nizams during their rule of hyderabad.

The palace has amazing architecure. Its quite big and needs lot of walking. So plan after 4pm..

It showscases vintage furnitures, clothes, car, swords and photos of royal family

 Salarjung museum

You will need minimum 4-5hrs if you love art and want to visit each gallery.. If you dont have much time, its advisable to make a list of galleries and which floor its located so you can cover things of your interest..

Salarjung museum is an art museum, with 39 galleries, spread across 3 blocks. The Salar Jung family collected the rare art objects from all over the world. After their period it was handed over to government n converted as museum.

1. Room no 12. Vieled Rebecca  - Never miss

2. Room no 14- Arms and Armour 

3.Room No. 18 Toys & Dolls Gallery b

4. Room No. 1 Chinese Galleryg

5.Room No. 1 European Painting Gallery f

5.Room No. 1 European Painting Gallery j 
Front you see a man, in mirror you see a Women

6.Room No. 2 Eastern Porcelain Gallery

12.Room No. 4 European Clock Galleryj

8.Room No. 25 Carpet Gallery

9.Room No. 11 Ivory Carvings

13.Room No. 5 European Porcelain Gallery b

14.Room No. 26 Egyptian & Syrian Gallery

16. Room No 33 Western Wooden Furniture Gallery

 It has different rooms dedicated for  scultptures, paintings carvings, textile, manuscripts, ceramics, Carpets/rugs, furnitures collected from countries like china, Burma, Nepal, Persia, Egypt , Europe and America.

DAY 1 - HYDERABAD

Golkand fort

Golkanda, is a fortified citadel and and early capital city of the Qutb Shahi dynasty. 

This historical place is well maintained and have

excellent spots for photography... 

It's quite big and need min 3-4hrs to explore.. Since its open place, it could get really hot in summer.. Its better to plan around 9am or after 4pm in summer.. Make sure you carry umbrella, cap and water bottles.. Wear a good shoes its a lot of walking..

Lumbini park

Lumbini park is public park adjacent to Hussain sagar Lake.. There is seperate tickets for park and seperate tickets for boat rides to reach Buddha statue... 

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 Hussain Sagar Lake

This lake is built by Ibrahim quli qutub shah.. It is spread across 5. 7 sq km.. A large monolithic statues of Gautam Buddha is errected on Gibraltar rock in middle of the lake..

A boat rides takes us to the centre of lake near statue.. Evenings there is a laser show and boating and some water sports activities too..

 

                         

Necklace road

Our next stop was Necklace road.. We decided to have lunch and do some shopping before visiting other places... Necklace road is located on banks of Hussain sagar Lake. Hyderabad is famous for pearls.. I purchased a pearl necklace for me and my family...

 Later we went to  Paradise Biryani for  Lunch... This is best biryani i have tasted in my life.. This restaurant offers  authentic Hyderabadi Biryani  and offers both veg and non veg.. It also famous among celebrities. We can see pictures of celebrities visit and their review.. Nice AC restaurant with good ambience .

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NTR Garden

NTR Garden is small public park of 36 acres, its adjacent to Hussain sagar lake.. This park is dedicated to Telugu Legend Actor and also a Politician ...

This places also has a kids play area, amusement rides and water fountains... 

Birla Mandir

Birla Mandir is a Hindu temple built on a hill lock.. The construction of this temple took a decade.. The temple is dedicated to Lord Venkateshwara.. 

Phones/camera is not allowed here .  Since its on top of hill, you get beautiful view of the city ..

TEAM OUTING - GOA, FROM MINDTREE

 In my year and a half stint at MindTree this is my Second Annual Outing... This time it was  GOA,internationally accepted, best travel Destination. 

Big thanks to Mr Sudhir(CEO of CIS Team, MindTree).  To get this high budget outing Approved.And Mrs Rekha to take care of all arrangements perfectly.

We were all asked to Reach blore International Airport directly. We had our flights @  1:15pm. My place is 40kms from Airport. So me,Shishira and Rekha(My colleagues who stay close to my place) started around 9:00am to avoid  traffic...(We had booked a Cab from 'SAFE CABS BLORE' who charged 600rs for 40kms. Good Deal ).

There was no traffic, and we reached as early as 10:30am. We had so much of time left, we took a stroll in the airport, i decided to eat something as i dint have breakfast, i picked up my favourite Veggie, Sub Way sandwich.(Man its really really costly in Airport, it is almost double the price, i ended up paying 300rs for foot Long Panner patty sandwich).Around 11:30, most of the team members arrived and we all finished the check-in formalities and boarded the Flight(It was Kingfisher Airlines). We reached Goa airport by 2:15pm.

They had booked Alila Diwa(Luxury Hotels & Resorts), which had arranged a A/C bus waiting for us to drive  to the resort. (20mins drive). When we arrived at the hotel they provided us with moist towels and a welcome drink. They invited us to lounge in the lobby, and was re-directed to Buffet Lunch as it was already 3:45pm. After a filling lunch,rooms were  allocated, this  took a while (As were 60 members!!!). We got our room allocated in Diwa Wing and was escorted to our room.

We (Me n rekha) had  a Suite Allocated, which had a Living Room with 42 Flat T.V and Sofa Sets, Bed room with Luxurious king size bed again with a 42 inch T.V, and  a jacuzzi bathtub in a spacious Restroom. It also had a private Balcony which overlooked the pool and small garden.

 Overall it was a Luxurious suite. (Only thing i was uncomfortable was, Whole suite was full of mirrors and had transparent doors, having no privacy.. Changing dress was a big challenge.. This suite is mainly designed for a couples, but even then i feel atleast transparent doors can be avoided  for  toilets :))

We freshned up and decided to go to Majorda Beach which is  either a 10 min slow walk or a 2 min buggy ride away. The beach was lovely and we never had to wait more than 5 minutes for the Buggy. We spent an hour in Beach, watching sun set and few of us also played a while in the Beach.We then returned to rooms, to freshen up and was ready for Dinner.

 It was literally a 10 mins walk from our room to Vivo(Restaurant of the resort)and every time we were lost with our ways, but staffs were very helpful in not only showing the way, they used to come with us to show the directions :). Vivo restaurant is great, with overlooking the hotel pool and surrounding paddy fields. It was a great Buffet with mixture of Western and Indian dishes. we had our dinner and returned to room for rest..

Next day, we had great breakfast and entire team was asked to meet in a common place. We took snap of entire cis team(60 people). After that teams scattered engaging themselves in different activities. Some team chose to hire a bike and roam around city. Some people arranged a Cab and went to visit some places, Some groups started playing cricket.

We took a stroll in the resort, walking through Spa section, small Retail collections of resort, Beauty bar, and others. After a long walk, we came across the Pool and rested for a while on Sunbeds. We relaxed there for a while, and girls chose to take a stroll outside the resort, where they had a display of some Retails and gems store.. But i decided to return to room, to avoid scorching heat and wanted to relax taking a nap. I returned room spent a great hour in Hot Jaccuzi tub, which was a great relaxation. And then took a nap for a while. By then my roommate returned, and we decided to go for lunch. After lunch we returned to room to get ready for Water activities, which was scheduled @ 4:00pm..

They had organized  3 activities at a price of 800rs, which was a great deal actually. We all met @ beach around 4:00. I had great time Para-sailing, in which we are dragged behind a boat over the lake, on a parachute. This was my first time, i was equally excited and scared (as i am scared of Heights) but it was totally fun, and i totally enjoyed it..

Then we went on a Banana boat ride, this one was really scary, this carries 4 people on a banana shaped open boat, and drops you off in middle of water, and you got to climb off to boat, and you are rode back to Beach. We requested operaters to not drop us off water, but just take a ride. However the ride was so bumpy and we tend to fall down,when wave approaches.





Finally when i thought we were done with our round,  he made us fall close to beach instead of middle of sea. I literally drowned in the water, but with Life jacket on i automatically floated up. I then went on a water scooter, this ride was good one, driving against the waves.I enjoyed this. After this games, we returned to our rooms took a shower, and rested for a while before going to dinner.

One thing about Food is, it  used to be same menu everyday. But with Lot of food options for both Veg(Roti's, Variety of Curries,Veg dishes,Juice and much more) and Non-veg(ranging from Chicken,Seafood,Pork and Beef)


Next morning, we all had breakfast and checked out of the hotel. While we were all settling our room bills, we saw lot of people dressed for marriage entering the reception. We then saw reception was beautifully decorated as it has arrangements for a wedding on that day. Our bus was ready  and we left to airport, our flights were at 3:15pm, reached Blore, and took a cab to our place. Reached my place by 6:30 after a relaxing vacation.

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