Friday, January 18, 2013

A tour of the Old City with 20 Americans

Our ISEP group went on a huge tour around Hyderabad. There were 20 of us, and most of us are blonde-haired, blue-eyed Americans. There is one Swedish girl, and one Canadian girl. There are four boys.
This is just a video of the car ride before we stopped to see the Charminar and Mecca Majid (the mosque) in the Old City, Secunderabad.
We were stared at, and had pictures taken of us constantly. There was always somebody asking for money. The air smelled like rotting life. It was overwhelming, and felt on the edge of not safe, but we stuck together, and our leader knew exactly what we were doing and where we needed to go.
Lessons learned that day: don't go out in public with 20 white people. Don't go to the Old City without something to put over your head. Be very cautious when crossing the streets here. Give money to the old lady beggars, but give food or candy to the child beggars... yup.

People in this video: Emma, Annie, Maria, and lots of Indian people.

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