The tourist experience

This weekend I really got the feeling of being a tourist in this city. On Wednesday me and Kasia we're doing some proper sightseeing, going to Charminar (total waste of money to go in) and to Golconda fort. Golconda was absolutely amazing. So beatiful...and big! But being the only white people in the entire place soon made us feel like animals in a zoo. I thought I had got used to the staring but I was definently mistaken. Actually it started in the morning with going on the bus. As we usually take the bus to work we thought it would be the same. But as we weren't wearing suits and instead casuals with sunglasses and cameras the experience was completely different. The conductor explained every detail of traveling by bus to us and litterally pulled people of their seats so we could sit. Felt very odd.

Anyway...back to the fort. Walking around there, we weren't left alone for a moment. Everyone wanted pictures with us or to shake our hand or something of the sort. The staring was really so much worse than usuall. It felt like we were the main attraction and not the fort.
After a while we actually went and hid a room in the ruins were we couldn't be seen by anyone taking the normal route through the ruins. All just to get a breather and talk for a bit without anyone disturbing. All in all it was the most exhausting experience so far. We really had to work hard to try to blend in somehow and to not accidentally look at anyone....then you're definently stuck for a while.


Other than this, I've been out quite a lot in the evenings lately and it just gets more and more fun. The club scene isn't very big here and you keep running into pretty much the same people. This makes me feel like I've been here for a longer time than I actually have.

Another great thing that's in the making, is planning for New Years in Goa. So far we've got the tickets to get there and all we need now is a place to stay, which should be solved pretty soon (hopefully atleast ;)) In any case I'm sure it'll be great!