Streets of Hyderabad

With the protection of a bus on our semi-annual activity day, I snapped these pictures just to get an idea of what the streets of Hyderabad look like. We have a few more modern buildings in the area we live but I usually limit my picture taking to animals when we are in an open auto. Actually, you'll see a nice modern building right in the middle of some that look more like what is pictured here. The statues on the right are the beginning of the elephant idols they use for Ganesh in September. They are getting ready early. They will be painted and adorned with jewels and flowers before being dunked in the Tank Bund Lake which was one of our destinations on activity day.

I am ever amazed at the scaffolding they use for buildings under construction (see below). The workers on these make about 3000 Rs a month or $60.

Hindu temples look mostly like this one with every color in the rainbow. We see them often. A large one is just a block from our church building.

Medical stores are common and you can get whatever you want without a prescription. If they don't have it in stock, they usually send a runner to the next store to get it for you. To the left is a flyover.