Cheapest way to travel to and from Hyderabad airport

A small request to all: Enjoy nature, enjoy your travel but please don’t spoil MOTHER NATURE. Refill bottles, don’t throw plastic in water bodies or roads. Dispose your garbage at proper place. Cheers!

There are many ways one can travel to Hyderabad airport.

Meru cabs, Easy cabs, Sky cabs are the authorized metered cabs from airport to city @17.5 Rs/km(25% night surcharge) in addition to pre-paid taxi at Hyderabad traffic police counter at airport. There are other service providers in city like mango cabs, yellow cabs, delta cabs, dot cabs etc from 10 to 15 Rs/km with additional 25% night charges (from 10pm to 5 am). Bill from airport to different parts of city and from city to airport comes out between 700 to 1000.

Aeroexpress(bus service) from various points in city charges 200Rs for one side as fare and 350 as to and fro. Ticket is available at bus stops only.

And the cheapest way is go to the starting point of Mehdipatnam flyover, near Masab tank and find a lot of cabs waiting there for you, they will take you to airport for 30Rs. Most of the cabs have a scheduled pick up from airport and instead of going there empty, they would take a couple of travelers wanting to go to airport. Or you can find similar cabs at the entry point of ORR(Outer Ring Road) as well.

Same way at airport, go to the top floor and walk a few steps ahead of international arrival terminal. You will find some cab stopping in front of you and you can take a ride for 20-30 Rs upto last point of ORR meeting Kondapur or the end of Mehdipatnam elevated road.

Another option is - sometimes you will find taxi guys at aeroexpress bus stands asking 100 Rs for taking you to airport and it will be your personal taxi.

I recently tried this and liked everything about this option, but you have to be careful about your personal security. 

In search of tea

Aah.. I am still in a shock mood about what I did last night.

Well, all I wanted was tea at the restaurant next to my neighborhood. It was 11:30 pm, when I finished my dinner and thought of going out for a walk in search of tea, I had 10Rs in pocket and went straight to my routine tea shop. But it was closed at that time. I could see 2 roads from there, 1 which I follow daily for going to office and 2nd towards Secundarabad. For once I thought I will go back, get some more money, wear a jacket(as it was a little cold at night), take my bike and find a tea shop.

And the other moment I saw myself in the mirror of a car, oops I had gained weight, was my first thought. Let me walk on the road I take daily for office as it was familiar. I kept walking and even after 2-3 kms I couldn't find any tea shop. I was disappointed and just at the time when I was planning to walk back, some disturbing thought came in my mind.

"Am I getting too old?", "Am I used to luxuries now?", "Am I really so boring to head straight to bed and sleep". And in the mid of all these questions, a lorry slowed down at the junction where I was standing.

My thumb got up, though I was not sure if the driver of lorry would stop or not. To my surprise, he stopped and asked me to come inside.
He was a Muslim guy with well kept beard and was wearing a clean Kurta. I told him that I am just searching for good tea somewhere I don't know where. He said he is going to drop some stuff and can take me to his home for tea, but he was too simple to understand that just getting tea is not in my mind. We kept moving and reached Outer Ring Road from where he had to hit the highway.
He asked me to get down there as he was not sure if I will get tea anywhere else on the way. I asked him to drop me at some roadside Dhaba where truckers would come. I checked his watch, it was 1:10 am.

We kept moving, and he stopped at a Dhaba after some 20 minutes. I thanked him and he moved ahead.
I was in shorts and bathroom slippers and somehow people there started staring me for no reason :P
I felt a bit awkward but went straight to the guy at counter and asked for a tea and aloo bonda. I had 10 Rupees only and I got nice tea and bonda. After eating when I was about to leave, the Dhaba owner sat next to me and asked me how I landed there. I explained him everything that I wrote above and praised his tea.

He offered me another one, which I gladly accepted. After chatting with him for some more time, I thought of taking out my mobile and checking the time. But how does it matter, and I left that place. Crossed the road and started walking. There were only cars and no one stopped. After walking for about 50 minutes or so, I felt really thirsty. But I was enjoying, I stopped and thought I will get a ride and will not walk more. A cab stopped and driver demanded for 20 Rupees, I had no money, even if I had at that time I wouldn't have given him as I was looking for real adventure. After more than 100 failed attempts, 1 car stopped with 2 guys in it.

I don't know the place, didn't bothered to check the time and they were nice to take me along with them. They were brothers who were supposed to go to their sister's place to attend some 'puja' in the morning. I was happy and they dropped me on the main road in my locality, they had to travel some 20kms extra but they didn't hesitated to drive for those extra kilometers as they were running ahead of their scheduled time.

I reached home and checked the sky, it was changing color from black to purplish black. It was 5:15 am at that time and I slept.

Woke up at 11 am and went to office today at 2pm. Came back now and still amused by my crazy effort to get a cup of tea last night. :)