I still wear a handkerchief over my face when in a three-wheeler (aka auto-rikshaw) as not to inhale all the crap floating around in the air. Of course, within 12 hours, I noticed that when blowing my nose, it all came out black – this is standard fare for some pretty polluted places on the planet – unfortunately, I happen to be in one of those places – I can see my life expectancy decreasing.

I have to buzz through this entry as I have someone who will be picking me up in a moment to go back home – Internet access is sporadic – I go to five star hotels to get WiFi access. In Delhi, I used the Intercontinental Park Hotel in Nehru Place and now that I’m here in Hyderabad, I’m using the Taj Krishna hotel. They both have pretty good access – everywhere else, ADSL is sitting at about 40kbps, this hotel has a 512kb pipe but the cost is pretty high. I paid about 500 rupees (about 40 rupees to a dollar) for three hours of access in Delhi, I’ll be paying about 1500 for the last six hours.

Hyderabad is way less polluted than Delhi, the streets are nice and I like the weather but that’s all for now. I have to buzz. More later with pics (which are already up in my photo album starting here).

Ciao.