Photography -- Mediciti

I did promise photographs, so here are some. This first part is all about the Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences, where I spend my weeks. The next one will be Golconda Fort and the nearby tombs.

First, Mediciti/Ghanpur. This is a very lovely place, with some odd contrasts in geography. Down by the hospital, there's a lake and some rice paddies. Just behind the hospital, there's a huge outcropping of what I think is basalt (something igneous) that marks the start of a large stretch of rock-and-thorn-scrub badlands. So, it's beautiful, but also a very desolate sort of beauty.

On to the photos. The hospital close-up, in profile:



And, a view from further away, atop what I call "Shiva Hill" for the temple at the top.



The main entrance to the hospital:



The boys' hostel (yes, that's the official name), my living quarters during the week:



Steve the Gecko, my semi-roommate:



An example of those "badlands" I was mentioning, just behind the hospital:



And, a sunset shot of the Shiva temple that's on the big rock outcropping, from which most of the other panoramas are shot. I'm very fond of this one.



There's a lot more than these, and if I showed all my favorites we'd be here all night. The rest can be viewed in a photoset here.