Thursday, December 28, 2006

The Road Trip - Day 1

The much anticipated and much awaited Road Trip to Hyderabad is now complete. Since, I have too much information to share for the 5 day trip, I am splitting it up into 5 parts for each day.

Day 1

Right to Left: Aakash, Naveen and Me. UK taking the shot.

Ashtam decided to trip to Hyderabad, which surprisingly fell in place. I recently bought a new car, the Toyota Innova and was in "Josh" to take it for a long ride. We were supposed to start by 6.30 AM, but as usual, we started late at 7.30 AM.Karthik and Naveen came to my house and we picked up Aakash at the Hebbal Flyover. My "Hi-Tech" car is fitted with a DVD player and a TV. So, the guys brought a couple of DVDs for the trip.My mom warned me not to drive fast, but I Joked that by 10.30 AM she will get a call from me from a 040XXXXXX number. This was my 2nd Road trip to hyd, only that I had company with me.

By 2PM, we made it to Karnool and we stopped there for Lunch.I liked the lunch a lot as it matched a typical Andhra lunch. In no time we were back on the road. As we approached Hyd, the traffic increased and worsened a bit to the end. Ofcourse, there were some light moments when we crossed MahaBoob nagar!

We reached Hyd by 5 PM. We called up Giri and asked him directions to his place. Trust me, its not so easy to ask Giri for directions. He has a wierd sense of direction, which I will explain later. We kept asking the local people for directions and in no time we were on the Pune Highway! Giri, your address should read, "Madhapur, Near Hyd" and not "Hyderabad-520XXX"!

We reached giri's house at around 7.30 PM, and decided to go out to Bawarchi for Dinner. Well, I had to drive a bit to get there. Bawarchi is famous for its biryani. You can find more information about Bawarchi here. We finished out food and returned back to giri's place. We talked a bit here and there and slept after a while to rest after a tireful day and to wake up to an other exciting day. More on Day 2 coming up.

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