Hyderabad was ranked as Best of the World - 20 Places You Should See in 2015 list, published in the annual guide of Traveler magazine of National Geographic. Inspired by this article Kevin (name not changed) from Canberra, Alex (real name again) from London, and Vijay (Indian Born, Australian Citizen, but not a confused Desi) from Sydney decided to visit Hyderabad thought clock did not hit 2015 yet. Inspired by my blogs, they approached me to give them a private tour of Hyderabad in 4 hours. We started from Ascendas IT Park at 7AM, took a 10-minute stop @ Puri Jagannath Temple, swung by Tank Bund, Assembly Hall, and approached Charminar by 8AM. We took a quick walk around, stepped into Mecca Masjid. Then we had Masala Dosa at Hotel Golconda (resisting temptation to stop at Govind), reached the Fort at 9:30AM. We were first set of folks to be escorted into the fort, with an awesome guide (who shared us never been heard trivia, such as “Death Door” though not sure how much of it is true). Since we were the first one to enter the fort, it was like entire fort was made available / opened to us. Then we stopped at Qutub Shahi Tombs, and reached back in the office just after 11. Check out the 4-minute video from our 4-hour stint. Panoramic footage inside the fort was shot by my colleague, and will compel you to take a trip to the fort. If you do make it, ask for guide named “Mohd” (not sure how many of them are named Mohd there) Yes, Kevin, Vijay, and Alex are real names. But they visited Hyderabad as part of Cigniti’s sales induction program ☺. Though I am a born Hyderabadi, and loved to be a local resident, I would not vote this city as “2nd best place to visit”. https://vimeo/113721600
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 17:41:44 +0000
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