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Hyderabad Slideshow
Top Hotels in Hyderabad
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Pragati Green Meadows and Resort Hyderabad
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Mahaveer Hotel Hyderabad
1 review
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Gopi Hotel Hyderabad
3 reviews
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Arihant Regency Hyderabad
6 reviews -
Rainbow Inn Hotel Hyderabad
2 reviews
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Shivani Hotel Hyderabad
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Mount Opera Star Resort Hyderabad
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Aarti Hotel Hyderabad
1 review
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Haridwar Hotel Hyderabad
3 reviews
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Balaji Deluxe Lodge Hyderabad
1 review
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Rainbow International Hotel Hyderabad
6 reviews -
Alpha Hotel Hyderabad
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Imperial Hotel Hyderabad
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Deccan Residency Hotel Hyderabad
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Raj International Hotel Hyderabad
4 reviews
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Lake View homes, Madhapur Hyderabad
1 review
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Hotel Mithra Grand Hyderabad
1 review
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Manira Apartment Hotel Hyderabad
1 review
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Amaravati Hotel Hyderabad
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E G Guest House Hyderabad
2 reviews
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Raj Mahal Hotel Hyderabad
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Hotel Dwaraka Palace Hyderabad
3 reviews
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Annapurna Hotel Hyderabad
1 review
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Luxor Inn Hyderabad
4 reviews
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Gayatri Residency Hotel Hyderabad
1 review
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Raj Residency Hotel Hyderabad
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Rk Residency Hotel Hyderabad
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Hotel Spearmint Hyderabad
15 reviews
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Apsara Hotel Hyderabad
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Manjira Hotel Hyderabad
2 reviews
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Hill View Guest House Hyderabad
1 review
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Sara International Hotel Hyderabad
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Travel Blogs from Hyderabad, India
My maiden trip ALONE!
... , Google etc just had my face gogging for a while. I pinched myself to reality when I realised that my stop was near. Hyderabad certainly jumped aces up from my expectations when I went out to explore it the first day itself. The city is certainly rich ...
Indian Independence Day Celebrations
... . What was particularly interesting is that although the speech started by focusing on independence, it quickly turned into a speech discussing India's place in the world, nuclear power, and the strides that the University was making. In laying out the ...
SKS - India's Largest Micro Finance Institution
... with 1.1 million people, 300 million of which are in poverty are going to truly make a significant impact on poverty. Currently India microcredit loans are $5 billion a year and the demand is $55 billion. Rather than SKS having its growth ...
Apr 16, 2011
Agra and the Taj Mahal
One of the first places we visited on our trip to Agra was the Fatehpur Sikri or the Royal Palace. The Palace is located roughly 40 kilometers from the Taj Mahal and is largely constructed of the local red sandstone. The Emperor, who was named Akbar, ...
Avoiding the busy season meltdown
... expat couple (husband and wife) sat down next to us and started talking with us. That is one of the cool things about Hyderabad - expats reach out to each other and talk whereas most of the time they would ignore you back home. Maybe it is the sense ...
Moonilavu to Hyderabad
Naresh: Up early again, I had a nice walk through the Moonilavu lanes near Pappachins. Studied and trails. Talked to Gramps about the Pakistan elections in the day's newspaper (so that when I went inside, I could impress everyone by ...
Marble Plates From Agra
The day after our visit to the Taj Mahal, we visited a store that was run by some of the descendents of the builders of the Taj. They have kept the marble inlay technique alive intact and have passed it on to succeeding generations. As the process is ...
More mad driving
... We very kindly 'let' one of the crowd do the honours, there's usually several volunteers! We carried on driving to Hyderabad along a stretch of motorway that is being upgraded to 4 lanes so we were constantly switching between the two carriageways, ...
Random Musings about Food - This one's for you JC!
... only had two grilled cheese sandwiches and even those are different. More about that in the next installment. I had my first meal in India (chicken curry and naan) at the guest house the day after I arrived. The restaurant is over by the pool and is ...
Marty Buys Reading Glasses from VisionSpring
... what was taking place in each photo. While driving back from the site that we went to (nearly 3 hours outside of Hyderabad) my host Maruti and I were talking about my new glasses and how I usually didn't need reading glasses as long as the ...
Its Very Busy
... she was the only woman in there and with blonde hair to boot. We were then ushered upstairs to mixed eating area. Hyderabad has a big muslim contingent hence the 'men only' area. Anyways the meal passed without further incident and the food ...
Visit to Golconda Fort
... at this time of the year so there were many guides looking for work. I'm not sure but this may be my last entry. We leave India for Singapore tomorrow night and it depends if we can get access to a computer if I can send anymore. Catch you all soon. ...
Visit with Vijay Mahajan - BASIX Chairman
... Chairman of BASIX. Niranjan indicated that Vijay has been a great motivator to many emerging & committed microfinance program in India such as Nirantara, Nirmaan Bharati (which I am visiting in Lucknow), Arohan (which I am visiting in Kolkata), ...
Day One
... you select materials and the tailor creates the clothes. The staff tells me that Raymond's is the most expensive tailor in Hyderabad. Koti is a major hub in Hyderabad with lots of shopping with many jewelers, sports retailers, and luggage merchants. I ...
Satyam Foundation - Serving Urban Areas
Satyam Foundation focuses on social programs in Urban Communities. The foundation has identified the following areas of work, addressing critical issues for the benefit of society : Environment ...
Urban Microcredit
My shortest visit was with Ali Asghar, Chief Executive Officer of Roshman Vikas Foundation which provides Self Help Group support to the Urban Poor. For those interested in learning more about this fine work - please click on the above ...
Shopping and ECS Conference
This morning Jim went to the retreat center to begin the Hyderabad RD conference while I stayed at Koster's and worked on the blog and emails. Then Ines took me to a seamstress. She will stitch 2 punjabis (salawar camisees) for me. Each outfit costs ...
Post Corporate Busy Season Dinner @ the Novotel
... me real well know that when it comes time to celebrate, food is pretty much the first thing that comes to mind. As our Hyderabad office, does not do anything to celebrate the successful passing of the September 15 deadline, it was up to us to come up ...
First Impressions
A twenty four hour journey is often not so easy to surmount. But when spent in revelry, it hardly suffers the otherwise evident repercussions of weariness. Blessed with travelling companions as I was, I would take the liberty of calling it a sheer ...
Arrival at Guest House
... gallery!! :) Whoever said westerners should not drive in India without a lot of experience was not kidding! The streets in Hyderabad make Chicago seem like a shining example of order and courtesy. Traffic lanes are advisory only and the horn is the ...
Shopping in Hyderabad
... us about 800 rupees per person or about $16. Best $16 I ever spent in a restaurant! After we were fortified, we went to Hyderabad Central which is the major shopping center in town. We thought that it was a mall when in fact it was more like a giant ...
Geography of the area
As I mentioned in a previous entry, if I didn't know better I'd think I was in Arizona. The palm trees and other vegetation remind me of Scottsdale. Even the dirt is quite red like it is in the Phoenix area. I believe that that is due to the high iron ...
Swinging with Supreet
After Ajanta I met up with Supreet, a friend from college, who is living in Hyderabad. I arrived in Hyderabad without an email reply from Supreet. I didn't even know if she knew I was coming! So when I arrived at the train station, I wasn't expecting ...
Hyderabad, Sunshine and Dry Air
... , Joe Koster. We are staying with Joe and his wife, Ines, in a comfortable house. PLEASE PRAY * Pray for the meetings in Hyderabad to enthuse the 20 or so men who are coming to use the courses in their assemblies as well as for evangelism. * ...
Back from the Dead
... sick for many, many years. I think I've come up with a new slogan or ad line for Jenny Craig and Kristie Alley...."Come to India, get sick, lose weight!" I'm not sure how much weight I have lost as I have an aversion to scales, but let's just say that ...
Hyderabad Misc Postings
... a Hindu Temple located in Hyderabad and is constructed entirely out of marble. It is one of the most beautiful buildings in Hyderabad, but unfortunately close up photos can not be taken of the building. In order to climb the steps and enter the ...
Meeting up with a buddy!
... Ernst & Young. Recently he left the US to startup his very own Web 2.0 company in India (good luck bro!). When I arrived in Hyderabad Nik was out of town on business until the evening, so his younger sister Karishma was nice enough ...
Golkonda Fort
... grew in size. Another interesting person at the table was a woman that worked for Deloitte Canada and who was passing through Hyderabad because she had worked with Gavin in Canada. In celebration of her birthday, she decided to travel through India from ...