Born backpacker
I am now in a local internet cafe in Hyderabad, enjoying web browsing and blogging at the cost of 25 rupees an hour (approx 65 yen).Today in Saturday and I finally had a free day in India. I woke up early to go out for a walk to a nearby residential area of Prakash Nagar. I had my hair cut (costed 40 rupees, or 100 yen), bought some snacks and mineal water, mobile phone pre-paid card etc.. I enjoyed a cup of Chai (milk tea, 3 rupees or 8 yen) to kick-start a great weekend day.Even in a short stroll, I noticed there is a very big difference in rich and poor. I found some huge, nicely decorated houses with classy cars and dozens of servants. Within three minutes of walk from richmans area, there was a community who lives in tents in a piece of land with rubbish dump, where many children are cooking breakfast in an open-air kitchens, using wood chips to hire.For the rest of day, I will try a local bus packed with hundreds of Hyderabad locals, go to local markets to have a look on local dodgy stuffs etc, etc... Because this is the kind of activity I love to do. Although I am visiting in Hyderabad as a manager and I am expected to use expensive cabs to work, I used to be a backpacker going around the world.. So I love to go closer to locals instead of going for brand shoppings in flashy department stores.Now it is 11:20 am, I am going for another short stroll before I suffer from scorching afternoon sun in Deccan plateau.