Sleep in for everyone (yay). Then off to visit Golconda fort. This fort is huge and rises up the side of a hill to allow viewing of the entire Hyderabad city.
We were very famous here as we were stopped so many times to have our photo taken. It was impossible to rest between levels because if you paused the locals would all ask for your picture and once you agreed to one picture they all swarm in to pose with you. So funny.
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| Hattan and his new friends...they love his girlish hair...haha |
There was a group of children here on an excursion from a poor community and we had quite a few pictures with them. When we returned to the final grassed area the children ran towards us to ask if we would play with them. Chantal and I immediately agreed.
They did not speak a lot of English so we taught them duck duck goose. Had to try to explain what a duck and a goose was, they laughed at our impersonation. We demonstrated how to play and the kids caught on immediately. The only problem was they kept wanting to choose us as the goose, so Chantal and I had to keep running after them. It was a fun 20minutes to spend with these gorgeous little kids who appreciate the simple things in life. Our inner mums came out to play.
We stopped at some evening markets for more shopping, these boys love to shop. The market is full of bracelet stores, these are made of glass or metal and are beautiful. There are also sari shops and eateries, plus the usual many chai tea carts. You can always get Chai tea.
Then we stopped at a local gem store, now that was nice...no I didn't buy anything, ok well only one thing...a gorgeous Topaz ring. I can't just buy things for the kids.
Back to the hotel and more cocktails from room service. Life is good.
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