June 2012 - continued

On June 2, 2012 we took a tour of Hyderabad. We had a private bus and tourguide and started our day at Charminar. It was such a nice group: Robert, Mikey, me, my sister Anne, Gretel, Steve, Anne K., Jai and Zayba

Anne, Gretel and I already spent some time at Charminar the previous week, but we enjoyed it anyhow. 

You can spot Robert with Mikey on his shoulders anywhere in Hyderabad. Here he is walking on Lad Bazaar.

Anne and Zayba are checking out some bangles

Zayba is Indian and bought some very nice Jasmine for her hair. It smelled so good!!

Our buddy Jai in front of Charminar

Gretel and Steve found a vendor for old coins and bought some really cool (and very old) coins!!

Of course there had to be some negotiating before the final purchase :)

Zayba in front of Mecca Masjid

Since we weren't dressed appropriately for the mosque, we waited outside and Gretel was posing with the people around her

Anne K. quickly bought a scarf so she could enter the mosque

While walking down the street away from Charminar we started hearing some banging. Turned out they were making silver paper. Commonly used here in desserts. It is called Varakh. Small balls of silver are placed between sheets of tissue paper. This is beaten repeatedly but carefully with a heavy metal hammer flattening the balls into paper thin sheets.

After Charminar we went to Taj Falaknuma Palace for a wonderful lunch. What a beautiful place!!!!

We also visited a car museum, but were not allowed to take pictures there.

We had a wonderful day with an amazing group of people!!!!