Touring the "City of Pearls"

In my last full day at India, I signed up for a day-long tour to explore the City of Hyderabad with a group of other ICSE attendees. We spent the day touring nearby palaces, ruins, monuments, and slums. I cannot state enough how crowded the streets were with people. I actually got lost from my travel crew for a bit because the crowd separated us from yelling distance. Luckily, I’m pretty good with tracking down a group and reunited with them to do some last minute souvenir shopping (60 INR ~ 1 USD at the time of this writing). I created a quick teaser video to show some of my favorite areas of Hyderabad.

Overall, I had a great week in India and hope I get to visit other parts of the country in the future. I was able to network with numerous researchers and scientists, make new friends (shout out to Gautham and Hari for driving me around the city), and explore a culture so different from my own. Namastē for now, India.