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| beautiful and delicious birthday cake! thank you, friends! |
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| orchids from owen <3 |
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| gjermund entertains us as we wait for the cab |
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| tamales for dinner |
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| and a second birthday cake?! (with a firework on top...) |
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| a great way to end the night: argentinian music. |
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| a group from turkey came to perform at the university of hyderabad |
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| whirling dervishes accompanied by sufi music |
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| lemon rice, paneer korma, paratha, chai. 63 rupees. |
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| shop com |
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| bus stop |
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| tiramisu cake |
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| view from the rickshaw |
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| book bazaar in koti |
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| the streets of hyderabad |
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| there is always time for chai |
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| golconda fort |
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| hindu temple inside golconda fort - look at the pup! |
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| squirrel creature? |
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| in celebration of sankranthi |
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| a fire blower, of course |
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| dinner at '1857' on hussain sagar lake |
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| tea and hookah |
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| i bought these snacks only for the names |
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| happy birthday, ali! |
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| chaos |
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| cows resting on the side of the road in the evening. |
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| snugglers |
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| weaving school for widows only |
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| rabbits. not pets. |
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| the woman responsible for the weaving school where techniques that are otherwise obsolete are taught. |
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| this man wanted us to buy a ride on the camel. when we disappointed him by only taking a picture, he directed the camel to an intersection and proceeded into traffic. |
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| a silk scarf from the weaving school. three dollars. |
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| i went to the social sciences building to attend sociology of muslim communities only to learn that the meeting time had changed. this inspired a couple of us to ride the train to hussain sagar lake. this is the train ticket! |
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| train |
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| sumita, anders, and i on the ferry on hussain sagar lake. |
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| another ferry arriving at the buddha statue in the lake. |
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| buddha. reminiscent of the statue of liberty? |
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| dinner at a nice restaurant. yum! |
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| my residential permit was acquired after several hours of waiting. |
