Last Days in Hyderabad

Sunrise from the front gate of the Sitara

It was hot right to the end. Never a cloud (or hardly) for the whole 47 days of the shoot. It made for a lot of nice sunrises and sunsets. We had at least one nice serenade in addition to all the rocking weddings complete with drummers, horses, fireworks and screaming Emcees. The biryanis were always good and it was nice to be in a place that was kept clean even if it was a somewhat artificial.


Here's a little video of a wedding in the front gate of the Sitara. Bang those drums LOUDLY!

A visitor at the set. He's about 14 inches long!

Leave your shoes and your scooter at the door please

One of the nicer musical moments at the Sitara was the youth orchestra concert. I think I mentioned it in an earlier post but here's a few moments to enjoy.

We flew back to Mumbai on SpiceJet which were nice planes with somewhat sub-standard pilots, in my opinion. Maybe it was just a hard day to fly. We might have flown Kingfisher but they are going under, or Air India, but they were full covering for Kingfisher and JetAir both of which are canceling flights faster than the news can keep up. Lots of financial turmoil in India right now. Anyway the Hyderabad airport is the equal of anything I've seen anywhere. Very nice and very new, lots of food and such inside security which never used to be the case. Most importantly everything, including my Strat all made it through the baggage gauntlet. I'm now back at the Novotel in Juhu. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised but as the far as the staff is concerned, it's like I never left. "Mister John" is back in town, cappuccino and eggs over easy coming right up! That's kind of nice.