Afgang fra Bangalore i dag kl 7 til vores første stop på turen som er Hyderabad. Mark og Kriti var stået tidligt op for at tage afsked med os. 7 timers køretur på hovedvej 7. Igennem et tørt, stenet landskab hvor det på et tidspunkt nåede op på 39 grader. Vel fremme i Hyderabad fandt vi vores forhånds bookede hotel The Grand Solitaire, ikke noget at skrive hjem om – gulvet er så klistret at man nærmest hænger fast.

Vi har spist lækker biryani til aften, så helt spildt har turen ikke været.

On 15th May at 7 in the morning 2 experienced travellers Michael and Susanne with their car “Blacke”, set of to discover that every road has a story.

Day 1. After a tearful send of by Mark and Kriti, we drove on the national highway no 7 from Bangalore to Hyderabad this was tremendously uneventful. Susanne spend the first 4 hours of driving time trying to figure out how to voice activate the road maps. This road leading to Hyderabad passes through a very arid and dry landscape which I only

thought could be found in desert regions, and temperatures reached 39 C. Reached Hyderabad a 3 pm. Checked into the Grand Solitaire ( Nothing grand about this place, and you do get bored and will have to play solitaire). Had a great dinner at the famous Paradise Restaurant and yes the mutton biryani was worth the whole drive from Bangalore.

Hyderabad which was called the pearl city has lost a lot of its pearls.