HyderABAD Trip : A Silent Spectator!!!

     

           Hello There! Been a Long time since I posted here. Anyways,I think its better late than never to write about My Trip to Hyderabad with Happy Group. Yes HAPPY GROUP! 
       A Little about Happy Group : As the name suggest its meant to be “Happy”. Initially formed with the idea to travel across the globe(xP) and now slowly turning into Social Awareness.Each and Every Member of it Contributes some “Fixed” Amount every Month. At Present,Majority of the members are Family and Relatives. But yes,slowly and steadily it is increasing with wider audience. Enough of Happy Group for the time being.If we Grow(Hopefully Yes),we will talk about it someday later.

HAPPY GROUP!

      Moving On,The Journey Begins.And to be honest,It was just Insane.Few Members of our group literally ROCKED the train Coach.The Train Journey was Pleasant.By the Time i woke up in the morning we were almost there.As we entered the city by the train,the site of several mosques by the side of the train,The view of the Hussaini Sagar Lake,Lakdi ka pul station,and the clean and wide roads made our first impression about the city pretty good.We Got down at Hyderabad Station and The Real Fun Begins hereafter.

DAY 1 : 
      After the Check In and The Lunch we started off the trip by visiting The NTR Park.

      NTR Park : Hyderabad is Popularly known for its Wonderful Gardens and among 'em is this one.This Extensive garden provides a calm atmosphere with a huge Green Blanket.The Other Major Attraction includes Plaza with Fountain,Machan Tree,Japanese Garden,Roaring Cascade Waterfall,Bowling Alley,Electronic Games etc.And Last But Not the Least,"The Toy Train".

      GOLCONDA FORT : Golconda Fort is one of the major tourist attractions in Hyderabad.It was built by the rulers of kakatiya dynasty in the 13th century.One of the fascinating feature of this fort is its perfectly designed acoustical system by which handclap sounded at the forts main gate can be heard at the top of the citadel.We couldnt explore much of it as we were late.Nonetheless,A Great Historical Monument.

Lumbini Park

      Later in the evening,we went to LUMBINI PARK. Lumbini Park is famous for its Laser show as well as its magnificient musical dancing fountains.A MUST EXPERIENCE thing in the Hyderabad.It was Eye-Soothing.

Street Food at Toli Chowki

      FOOD! FOOD! FOOD! is all we live for. The Pretty exciting day was ended by the Dinner at Toli Chowki famous for its Street Food.

DAY 2 :
      RAMOJI FILM CITY : A Great Visual Extravaganza! 

Borasura

    I Believe that Ramoji Film City is Among  “The MUST VISIT Places” in India.Some Of he Wonders and Displays in the Film City are too good to be true.Ramoji Film City is one of the world’s largest integrated film studio complex surrounding an area over 2000 Acres.

    As soon as You Enter the Main Gate,You can see the Enormity of the Places.We are soon welcomed in the Traditional Telugu way.When we entered we felt an entire new city all together with Hills,Gardens,Lakes and at the same time flanked with spotless modern architecture.

      The Entire place is nothing but a dream come true.There are many Artificial Sets created for the tourist.Some of them are mentioned below : 
      There is a Set called MOVIE MAGIC  which takes us for a few   minutes into the fantasy World of Movies where everything is bright and shining and in couple of minutes you go around the world.SIMPLY BREATHTAKING!

Ahem! Ahem!

      There is another set called ACTION where they pick up a person from the audience and make a small movie with them.It showcases the Camerawork,Sound Editing,Music Mixing and Editing.This is quite an informative show.I really Liked it.
     Another one was called WILD WEST SHOW  which is actually a stunt show where an action scene is set up in a farm with Gun Firing,Bombings,Building Fallings etc.
     Then there was a SPIRIT OF RAMOJI SHOW  which showcased the Dancing,and some very interesting and entertaining pieces such as Rope dancing,Balancing.Everything was Beautiful!

Rope Dance

      Another Major Attraction is BORASURA. It is a House of horror(Supposed to be xP) Another BreathTaking Experience.Again,A Must Visit .
      Talking about the Natural Beauty,Well the Place is surrounded with "n" Number of Gardens each one with a different theme like A Shell garden,Mughal garden,Mysore Garden,Japanese Garden,Thinking Man's Garden,Hawa Mahal,Arizona Style cactus Garden and a whole lot of them with European look and feel.All of them have been designed to shoot the films without actually going to the real locations.

Laurel and Hardy 

      And Finally,The BUS TOUR which takes you to the various sets that creates scenes like A Village,A Market,An Airport,City Skycrappers and Streets. Then there was another building which is designed as an airport on one side,a hospital on other side,a church on third and a bank on the fourth side.Similarly,There were bungalows with 4 different facades on four sides.Also,There is a fake railway Station with Two Platforms,one that serves as a Village Platform and the other one as a City Platform. MAGNIFICIENT AGAIN all this!
      By the end of the Day,you will be Tired. But Totally Worth It. OVERALL,A Great Place. Later on that day we visited the Old Hyderabad.Which seemed a complete mess. Charminar in photos Looks good,But it aint maintained at all.Same is the case with Makkah Masjid.Then the Dinner and SLEEP!

DAY 3 :
      Still with a Hangover of Ramoji Film City,we started our day 3 by visiting CHOWMAHALLA PALACE.It was Grand and it belonged to the Nizams of Hyderabad.Some of the Notable Attractions Inside this mahal includes Clock Tower,Council Hall,Roshan bangla etc.
     The Final Place to visit was SALARJUNG MUSEUM. It is the Third largest Museum in India.If you are really into art,A Great Place.I WAS BORED though :P

FEW RANDOM CLICKS :

GRAND!

Identical Eh?

TWO IDIOTS

Japanese Garden

HAHAHA

A Complete Entertaining Package :P

Flora and Fauna

      Later on,Had Biryani at one of the famous restaurants in hyderabad named Shadab.It was Just Ok.Food was a Huge let down in an entire city.Again Visited NTR park just for the Toy Train ride and then we had a train to catch in the night. 

Hotel Shadab

ADIOS HYDERABAD!

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PostScript : HYDERABAD - A Pretty ordinary city with Extraordinary                                                 Ramoji Film City and an OverHyped Food.
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