The new airport in Hyderabad is nice. I don’t know how old the old one was, but it was small, dirty, and inconvenient for the high flow there in recent years. With the development of the IT sector in Hyderabad (“Cyberabad“), the city desparately needed a larger airport. The new Rajiv Gandhi International Airport opened some 2 months ago, and is really well organized. 
My companion in the seat next to me (who, incidentally, lives right near SRH) told me that it is only 25-30% completed. I navigated the immigration and customs with ease. This is more than I can say for my new friend, who ended up paying a small “service charge” to the security officers just before the exit for his bottle of Chivas Regal.
They best way to get to your final destination from the Shamshabad airport, in my experience (n=1) is to use the Radio Taxi. This is the airport-approved service and goes strictly by the meter. I was charged about Rs. 750 (~$18.50) for the 40km trip to Sikh Village in Secunderabad. Plus he gave me a computerized receipt, which always looks better than the usual scrawlings I have been handed before from other taxi companies.
The weather promises to be unbearably hot, with temps on the 39-40 degree (centigrade – 104 F for those keeping score at home) range. The mosquitoes have begun feasting on me, so I had to DEET up early.
Filed under: Travel | Tagged: Hyderabad, Rajiv Gandhi Airport, SRH
Your email about the blog went in my junk mail… Since you left the Indians started winning… these are perhaps signs that you should stay in India
I went to the Indians -White Sox game today. We lost. You’ll have to somewhere farther away. The new airport looks nice! Will call you in a bit.