Charminar

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We ate a delicious breakfast and chatted before our friends had to start work. When they did we disappeared!

We couldn't decide whether to visit the fort or make a slightly longer journey to the centre of Hyderabad. We still hadn't decided before we had reached the fancy shopping mall junction. We opted for the centre and we would take the metro.

We plotted a route through the huge tech area with many techie types looking very smart. There was Dell, Oracle and many others lining our route. A huge wall along the side of the road was painted with an amazing mural of the ancient past to the future.
The metro was new and fast. We worked out where we were going to stop and purchased our tickets. The officer explained where we would need to change lines. All went smoothly though it was quite crowded. Everyone is making their way home for the Pongal festival.
Off the metro we walked, got lost, walked some more and discovered a huge conference devoted to clothes shopping. We resisted and decided to spend our time exploring the ancient muslim architecture. There were lots of gateways, mosques and bazaars everywhere.
We walked in a loop which would take us via a Gurdwara, down a fancy illuminated street and back to another tube stop. We drank sugar cane juice, ate heart shaped naan and were invited to see a rather bling motorbike. They spent ages wiring up the batteries so we could see the lights!
The metro was quiet on the way home. We retraced our route through techie land, still busy throughout the night. 

We ate and chatted with our friends before it was time for sleep to take over.

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