December 4, 2014: Panorama from my hotel room facing away from a sunrise

December 4, 2014: View from the hotel room window

December 5, 2014: Moonset from my hotel room

December 6, 2014: Small park near the hotel

December 6, 2014: Small park near the hotel

December 6, 2014: Hotel pool

December 6, 2014: Hussain Sagar and the Buddha Statue of Hyderabad

December 6, 2014: Hussain Sagar and the Buddha Statue of Hyderabad

December 6, 2014: Fountain outside the hotel

December 7, 2014: Gate of Bala Hissar

December 7, 2014: Looking up at Golconda Fort from just inside the entrance

December 7, 2014: Inside the gate

December 7, 2014: Arch ruins of the "office" area

December 7, 2014: Iron eyelets for holding torch lights

December 7, 2014: Nagina Bagh formal gardens

December 7, 2014: Nagina Bagh formal gardens

December 7, 2014: Looking uphill at the stone construction

December 7, 2014: Water reservoir for the fort (one of many)

December 7, 2014: Marks from splitting the granite blocks used in construction

December 7, 2014: Domes of the tombs can be seen in the distance. My guide said that each tomb was completed before the to-be-inhabitant's death.