What better way to spend the Fourth of July at the waterpark?!
Andrew and I, surprisingly enough, are still alive after braving Hyderabad's (second) finest waterpark. Apparently there's a bigger one on the outskirts of the city, but I'd driven past Jalavihar on Necklace Road many times and (almost) always been tempted to check it out.
While the right-sized waterpark is unappetizingly close to Hussain Sagar, they promise the water treatment is first-class. (Here's hoping.) On a random day during the workweek, when we have off but most Indian do not, the crowds were on the better side of manageable, a pleasant surprise. (I would never, ever, EVER go on a weekend day in the middle of summer. EVER.) The price is right ($3) for all the rides you can ride, even if few of them are fun enough in their own right to ride more than once.
And as for a socio-cultural exhibition? Fascinating! 90% men of course. Ladies wear "costumes," not swim suits. Even the majority of gentlemen wear shirts or tanktops above shorts or even nylon pants. Swimmability is generally low, highlights in the wave pool include splashing and standing in circles. But the hourly Rain Dance? Thank goodness for the rope physically separating the men from the women! (Just ask Andrew.)
Overall review? Pleasant.
Andrew and I, surprisingly enough, are still alive after braving Hyderabad's (second) finest waterpark. Apparently there's a bigger one on the outskirts of the city, but I'd driven past Jalavihar on Necklace Road many times and (almost) always been tempted to check it out.
While the right-sized waterpark is unappetizingly close to Hussain Sagar, they promise the water treatment is first-class. (Here's hoping.) On a random day during the workweek, when we have off but most Indian do not, the crowds were on the better side of manageable, a pleasant surprise. (I would never, ever, EVER go on a weekend day in the middle of summer. EVER.) The price is right ($3) for all the rides you can ride, even if few of them are fun enough in their own right to ride more than once.
And as for a socio-cultural exhibition? Fascinating! 90% men of course. Ladies wear "costumes," not swim suits. Even the majority of gentlemen wear shirts or tanktops above shorts or even nylon pants. Swimmability is generally low, highlights in the wave pool include splashing and standing in circles. But the hourly Rain Dance? Thank goodness for the rope physically separating the men from the women! (Just ask Andrew.)
Overall review? Pleasant.
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