I'm walking back from the Temple as I now know the center of the city. You can't walk past the state building, the perimeter fence has its own perimeter fence. Inside the perimeter fence an electric perimeter fence adds to the defenses, the usual handful of guards holding aged looking rifles... not going to see any photos of that!
So past this building is the public garden. A nice space which looks to be full of families, I find a bench and relax for a few minutes. A short time later A guy sits down and starts talking, the usual stuff. Then he starts talking about the guests coming to this park. Apparently the guests come at 6.30....
Ah. He means the gays come to this park at 6.30. If it isn't obvious already he then proceeds to become more suggestively spread over the bench for the rest of the conversation. It seems I have discovered the gay pick up point for Hyderabad. At a glance the gay men in India behave much as the European stereotype, often wearing an item of pink. Regretting telling of my bachelor status I eventually make a few apologies and leave.
At the edge of the park another younger guy introduces himself with the line "I'm a gay". I make some apology not to seem rude and walk speedily on, suspecting that I'm getting quite a few looks. The guy, wearing pink shoes I notice, follows me... a little unnerving. I see him a couple of times later, clearly following, but as I have a couple of stone on my side I just make it clear I'm trying to lose him...
Ah, another little adventure
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