New Discoveries:

 Outside the Qutb Salih Tombs.  These used to all be bright turquoise and green.

 Inside the tombs!

 Light traffic in the Old City, outside Charminar.

1. Even if you follow the Good American Traveler in India rule and drink bottled water constantly to stay hydrated, you will not be rewarded by plentiful toilets.  Men seem to be able to relieve themselves anywhere, but women have to cope with the one toilet every 10 miles rule.

2. Speaking of men relieving themselves, we witnessed a man defecate in a river, stand up, pull up his pants, and give us a 360 degree view of his...intimates.  Proof of why we should wait a bit to drink the water.

3. Anything you do here is way cooler simply because you're in India.  Showering, brushing teeth, eating at a restaurant, walking around barefoot, jogging - these are all things I do on a regular basis at home.  Here, each is a crazy walk on the wild side.  The showers may or may not be hot, your teeth may or may not be doused in the afformentioned water, the restaurant will not serve you silverwear and you might realize in a hot flash that you are to mix the foods together with your hands (so fun.  food fingerpainting.), walking around barefoot may give you some fatal disease but is also required at beautiful though gender segregated mosques, and jogging casually with a new friend, you might also find yourself accompanied by a university student on a motorbike driving slowly alongside so that he can pepper you with questions about the U.S. and inform you about the current state of the caste system.

4.  Crossing the street is an epic adventure.  Always.  You are human frogger, dodging auto-rickshaws, motorbikes, vans, cars, cabs, pedestrians, peeing men, darting children, and gigantic buses.  Your adrenaline levels are soaring each time you cross.  There is no casual sauntering.

5. Beautiful ancient ruins don't just look beautiful.  They make you feel as if everything inside of you has been emptied out and left somewhere far away.  They make you feel clean and leave you gasping.  Hyderabad, not a very popular tourist attraction in the subcontinent, is home to some breathtaking ruins, including Charminar, Golconda fort, and some ancient Muslim Tombs.  Pictures to come.

6. You get sandal tan lines mad fast.