Hyderabad, India

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真是不好意思，上个周末去了两个地方，salar jung museum和hyderabad central，Salar Jung Museum里面的藏品非常惊人，难以置信竟然是一个人的收藏。门票对印度人是10卢比，对我。。。呵呵，150卢比。这倒没什么，关键是不让照相！

展品中最令我心动的是一尊意大利19世纪的大理石雕像，The Veiled Rebecca。她站在那里，好像站在一个时空的奇点上。那种凝固的美让我的呼吸变得不自然起来。由于不能照相，网上也没太多照片，大家就将就着在这里看一眼吧

http://www.berkshiremuseum.org/galleries/art_sculpture.html

要说像俺这样的nerd，原来还是有几个幸存的艺术细胞还在体内的，当真正的艺术经典展现在面前的时候，俺还是能感觉到的。。。

还有一尊2世纪的释迦牟尼的雕像，雕像的脸和普通寺院里见到的伟光正化的脸完全不同，也跟武则天假冒的龙门石窟的脸不同，而是更接近于一张真实的脸。也许这是释迦牟尼的真容？我不知道如何去形容那相貌，但那种宁静恒远的感觉却是在我心里油然而生。俺不是佛教徒，但还是乖乖地祈祷了几下，以免回家被LD责备为见了真佛还不拜的木头疙瘩。。。

Hyderabad Central是Hyderabad最大的购物中心，四层楼高，在网上被吹得挺牛，而且还有家Pizza Hut，所以俺就去了。到那里一看，f**k，县城的百货大楼也比这强啊。无限失望中，所以也没心情照照片了。。。Pizza Hut的pizza还是本地化了，带着淡淡的curry味道。但对于连吃了两周的curry的我来说，真是个不错的改变。。。

我从一上车就告诉司机我想找个地方买双拖鞋，因为俺的拖鞋坏掉了。直到我最后回到hotel也没让他搞明白我的意思，所以就算了。一般印度人的英语也是很差劲的，只能很有限地交流。

以下是一些随手拍的照片，实在是不好意思，聊胜于无吧。。。

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Some of the cars on the street - most cars here are Tata, then Hyundai, then Suzuki. I've seen 1 Mercedes so far, and no BMW yet. But one day I saw a Porsche 4WD. How rich the owner has to be? And how he's gonna negotiate the traffic here without getting this super luxurious toy scratched? I haven't seen an unscratch car here yet!

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More cars. They always have a different serie name...

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One of the shoe shops I checked for a pair of thongs...It's sunday 11am, and no shop is open...

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Here is the funny bit. I withdrew some money from this HSBC ATM, using my Australian HSBC debit card. But why it's displayed in Chinese on the screen? I mean, an Australian card on an Indian machine. How did they figure out that the human being there is a Chinese? This is WEIRD!

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And I want to kiss this roo...It looks so lovely...after 2 weeks in India I'm now homesick...

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They call this China Bazar. Well, they really should go to China to do some shopping...

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a 400 years old local mosque.

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The front. On weekends they have prayers starting from the altar all the way onto the street.

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The tomb of kings. 5 generations of a local Muslim kingdom, all buried in this hall.

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True art is timeless.

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These baggy things are actually chandeliers. They haven't been used for over 100 years. The guide has a very strong accent so I couldn't much out of him, basically it will only be shown to the public again in about 16 years or something.....for a very very rare event.

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Chinese Hut......well, no thanks...I don't even want to try the tastes of their CHINESE food...

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cops

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已阅，喜欢那个ATM

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多谢布老虎，一点小分略表敬意，太喜欢这些真实的图片了，呵呵。不过那个ATM确实搞笑的可以，不知道有几个本地人能从那取出钱来，哈哈

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也给那个ATM加分了. 难说是个超级智能的系统,能分辨站在面前人的血统,并给出相应的语言文字.

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有这种功力的智能系统，比这个ATM里面的钱可值钱多啦，呵呵，到时候抢银行就抢这个ATM机，还要把钱扔出来。现代版买椟还珠

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尽顾着杀人了，两天没顶了。周末希望布老虎有时间：）

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This is a shot I took just now in the office. The construction site basically rolls 24 hours non-stop.

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象国内的县城，在盖形象工程，^_^

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今天发神经，从公司走回了宾馆，大概有5公里的路程。。。现在两只脚上各一个大泡泡，明天跟印度MM去逛街的计划可能要泡汤。。。

This is one of the buildings in Hitec City

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摩托骡拉

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fruit stall

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交警

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住宅小区

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这脚手架搭得，真是一绝。。。

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Pizza Hut！

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全景

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