Monsoon!
I made it to india safe and tired friday night local time. The weather was quite unusual for hyderabad in late may. The temperature was right around 30 celcius ( and it was somewht humid. I learnt that it had just rained the day before and the temperatures cooled down from a day high scorching 43 celcius (110F) to a day high of 33 celcius(86F) in about 48 hours. Wow! lucky me 
As much as i hate the humidity, i really appreciate the lower temperatures. Years in bayarea’s perfect weather spoiled me and i find that the days still feel hot at these temperatures.
Yesterday (sunday), i went to begumpet to meet my interior decorator. Ofcourse, things run by “Indian Stretchable Time” here and i forgot to bring my keys to the apartment, so we had about 30 mins to kill. We jumped into a Coffee day (starbucks equivalent) and sat down to order some coffee. The clouds have been threatening since saturday, but it hasn’t rained till then. Suddenly, it started pouring and i mean pouring. This is the first monsoon rain i experienced in fifteen years, and i really wanted to jump in the rain. In few minutes the streets were filling up with water, motorcyclists were stopping on the sides and taking shelter in near by stores. The rain didn’t let up for 15 mins and we had to walk out to get to our car. Needless to mention, we got completely wet before we got to our car.
What was very pleasantly surprising was how warm the water was. It was like taking a shower with lukewarm water and I slowed down to enjoy the rain. I really remembered al the fun times in rain we had as kids. Getting wet in these rains and playing outside in them were some of the best memories of childhood I love these monsoons. I missed these rains for so long now, and i am glad to be back in them. I guess, i haven’t experienced the downside of monsoons yet - the flooded streets, potholes in roads etc. But i am going to enjoy the rains while they are here.
May 29th, 2006 at 4:26 am
Welcome back to dearest Hyderabad !!
Hope you wil enjoy with these monsoon showers, wish you ‘ll have a better time in Hyderabad.
Cheers !!
June 1st, 2006 at 12:44 am
Rains in Hyderabad are so much fun…if you don’t have to use the roads that much.
Looks like you don’t have anything to say about the ambience, or lack thereof, of Coffee Day.
June 1st, 2006 at 11:11 pm
aaah coffee day’s ambience. Frankly, i am not their target market. It seems like they want it to be more like a teen hangout, night clubbish place. They have loud music, loungish spots, full service. I am not expecting to see wifi access or any business friendly ameneties there, just coffee.
June 3rd, 2006 at 3:24 am
You’re right. Really loud music. (Irani hotels are less cacophonic than CCD!) I feel it isn’t a place to relax, sipping coffee. My first visit there has also been my last. I don’t go near it anymore.
June 13th, 2006 at 11:10 pm
Welcome byack!