Sorry folks, no photos today. It was a long highway ride today (112 kms.) on the road to Hyderabad. I missed the complimentary breakfast starting at 8a.m. In this heat I cannot afford to miss 7-8 a.m. on the road.
Crossed the Cauvery river into Telengana after a couple of hours and the language changed. My fellow travellers on the road, primarily motorcyclists, started chatting with me more than in Karnataka. Maybe just a first impression. Friendly all around, but I do appreciate the loud, smoky atmosphere in the bar where I sit writing this with no one paying me any attention.
i had a lodge picked out from Google that I was headed to, but a rickshaw driver who had accosted me, probably for the usual queries, directed me to the best Lodge in Mahbubnagar and thank you, he was right. At 2300rs. it wouldn’t have been the cheapest, but I am sure it ie the best.
Mahbubnagar may not look like much on a map, but it is not so small- I would say a small city.
Tomorrow I plan to avoid Hyderabad and the anticipated hideous traffic and take another route. This is a tricky bit of route planning with the added consideration of heatwave conditions in the days to follow. For me it means I do not want to do much more than 100kms. Per day and would like to find accommodation by 1 or 2 p.m.
