India 2002 - Part Three: Hyderabad

"the Charminar in the old part of Hyderabad"

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Travel story: India 2002 - Part Three: Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Wednesday, February 13



My time in Hyderabad would be limited, so I got going early. After breakfast I took a taxi to see Charminar. The name means four towers and that is exactly what it is: four monumental towers that rise above a huge gateway at the intersection of the main streets in the old city. When I got there I discovered, to my great disappointment, that the building was being renovated and I was unable to either enter the gateway or climb the... More