Three weeks in India -- Day Eight, Part 2
It's a photorama! I took these picture throughout the day.
As I think I mentioned before, Hi-Tec city sits on an elevated rocky spot. Today we entered it through the "back way" in order to avoid traffic. This involves climbing a long windy hill, and as we climbed, we encountered about 2 dozen buffalo, slowly walking to the top of the hill to reach some vegetation across the road from the newly constructed office buildings. These things stand nearly 5 feet tall, with horns and leathery skin.
The first picture shows one of them walking in the direction of one of the ubiquitous taxis.
Here's their destination -- with more examples of those large rocks sitting upon one another. Ummmmm----grass!
Hyderabad is full of very small cars, even smaller three wheeled taxis which you just saw, and motorcycles that are ridden even in the rain. The cars are made by the likes of Honda, Toyota, Suzuki, and others, but the models sold have what must be very small engines (1.0-1.3 liters) and even smaller bodies. Here's an example of a common Suzuki in the parking lot. Note how small the tires are.
One of the large boulders was incorporated into the landscaping next to the building, by creating a fountain that flows over the top. It creates a great setting, where folks hang out during lunch, breaks, etc.
And finally, I mentioned the beautiful sky a post or two ago. Here's a fine example as the clouds built up before a late afternoon rain shower.
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