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Gay Scene in Hyderabad

There isn't such. I spent 6 weeks around the city and talked with *few* queers which sadly informed me there is not even a gay friendly place to hang out at (they used to have something but then police bullied the visitors). The gayest vibes I had were in Le Cafe De Art in Banjara Hills but locals couldn't confirm it was. So seems like there is no Gay scene in Hyderabad. I guess the city didn't have the time to realize the potential with the massive amount of expats around... Taking into account the city is packed with expats, at least 10% are Queer and they have dollars in their pockets it is just a matter of time until it will happen.... Do let me know if anything changes...

Kingfischer Dublin - What the heck can it be?

a. misspelling for kingfisher (India's best!! airlines) which as far as I'm aware does not fly to Dublin.
b. the kingfisher bird and its connection to Dublin, Ireland
c. The Kingfisher which is apparently a restaurant in Dublin

Lonley Planet India Mumbai

For some reason I'm ranking for this one as well...
Lonley planet was indeed helpful for while traveling around Mumbai. Just take into account the raise in prices from the latest edition.

Phoenix Park

Probably because of the blog post I had a while ago about Phoneix park and the lads where Jason told us it is a known gay cruising area...

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I got visitors that looked for this information (kingfisher or kingfische, mumbai, lonley planet, India, gay, hyderabad, scene, dublin, expats) and I though this post might be helpful...

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still exploring, day 3, Hyderabad

I'll keep it short this time as I'm really tired. Woke up early (10) today and around 11ish I heard a knock on my door. It was Aly and Mike apparently they pinged to say they're coming but it never got through, so they had to wait for couple of minutes till I got ready.
Today started the Pongal holiday (lasts 2 days) and the tradition is to fly kites. After having a short visit to the drag store (found out imported stuff with exactly the same prices like home) we went to Paradise hotel to have lunch with fellow Hyderabadians from the Checkout team. We had a traditional hindi dish and went out really full. It was nice to hang out with some locals.
Later Sushill one of the checkout guys invited us to his house where we went on the roof to watch the kites flying and tried it out ourselves. The skies were full of colorful kites. They fly them really high up and try to knock down each others. They're real experts. I don't wanna know how many kids fall off the roofs on this holiday (quite a few I'd say, sad.) He then welcomed us to his place with some home-made cakes his mom made.



Exhausted from a long day we went to Aly's place to hang out together and after a short while we found ourselves with few other expats in a nice Italian restaurant. With their advice I got ceaser salad. Hopefully I won't regret it by tomorrow.
It's time for me to go to bed. I told Viktor to knock on my door as he's coming in tonight. We'll see if I'm gonna wake up.

Oh yeah, tomorrow is my first day in the office, I can't wait to meet my team and I already have sooo many great ideas.

You can also have a look at Aly's album. She's a great photographer.

Day 2, Hyderabad

Today started more relaxed but was actually full of action. We started our day with a (very) fancy brunch in the Taj hotel. We weren't quite sure about the salads there but I couldn't resist the Avocado. Then we continued to Charminar

From India

with the long queue outside we didn't feel like getting in, but it was pretty to look from the outside. With no side-walks you pretty much have to squeeze yourself between the street merchants and the Rickshaws. Quite and experience especially when I found out my bargaining skills are actually good. I might not make a career out of it, but it does save few rupees.

After this one we stopped for a piss in the other Taj hotel in town, we then continued to the market in the Hi-tech City. It was beautiful, more relaxed and with some ethnic dancing.

note:throughout the day we were looked at as if we were aliens.

Frist day in India

I sarted my way early morning on Friday from Dublin to Hyderabad through Frankfurt. From Frankfurt I had spcaious 2 seats just for me, a loaded iPod and movies on my laptop. I've arrived to India yesterday fairly late at night. It took me more than 90 minutes to get my luggage. The reason it's taking them so long is that every suitcase is being screened and with chalk they mark your suitcase whether it should be taken through custom. Luckily my wasn't "marked".

A Google driver was waiting to pick me up to our Guest House. It is quite nice in a gated area. Your laundry cleaning cooking and ironing is made daily.

Today I met Alyson from the Checkout team from Mountain View and we spent the day together. We've been to a place called Golkonda Fort which is a ruined city on granite hill. Later we had food in a nice place and headed home for some rest. We then met Mike and went to have dinner in Angeethi which I belive we will visit again.

To sum up, I do need couple of days to get used to the new smells, culture, flavors, people, mad drivers and lots of horning. And thanks Google for the shofer.

-ciao