Sight Seeing

So last weekend, me and Lara went sight seeing around Hyderabad.  Our drivers name was Vishnu and he was super friendly. The first place we went was Golkonda Fort. It was amazing architecture. The fort was huge and we could see all around Hyderabad from the top. Lara has recently started photography and she took all these amazing pictures. The walk to the top was torturous. There were 600 steps, I think our driver said.

The steps had this paint all over them that the women would put as they walked up and prayed. It's part of a week long celebration, but I can't remember the name.

After that we drove to this palace called Chowmahala where the nazams of India would stay. It was beautiful here. Each building had like a different museum exhibit. 

It was such a great time sight seeing. This week I have been working on making a survey that I can go out to villages and give. My research is getting so exciting!

On the way home, we had to drop Lara off at the dentist because she had an appointment. After we dropped her off, Vishnu started into this explanation of this candy that is"the best thing in the entire world" but in India it's not very good. I asked him if I had it in America, and he said yes and it's the best in America, but he didn't know the name of it in English. The name in Hindu is boomer. After a long period of charades, I finally understood he was talking about gum! I coincidentally had some in my bag and gave it to him. I honestly don't think I've seen a man so happy in my life. He loved it, and kept saying: BEST BOOMER EVER. I was belly laughing the whole way home.

Hope everyone had a safe fourth!

-Kirsten