So we spent around six hours trying to find a wifi internet cafe. I googled "free wifi Hyderabad" and found several hits for various locations around the city, one of which was Pizza Corner. We took a rickshaw to the nearest Pizza Corner and were instantly surrounded by waiters begging us to take a seat. I asked them if they had wireless internet at their restaurant and received a half dozen blank stares.
They finally called their manager, who spoke better English, who informed me that this location didn't have internet but that another Pizza Corner farther away definitely did. He gave me the address, and we puttered away on another rickshaw.
When we arrived at the other Pizza Corner, we were greeted by a similar gang of waiters urging us to sit and eat. I tried to explain what we were looking for:
Me: Do you have wireless internet?
Waiter: ??
Me: Do you have wireless internet here in the restaurant?
Waiter: Internet? No, we sell pizza.
Alas, Pizza Corner doesn't have internet at any of it's locations. The entire trip took ages, and we came home defeated, only to find out that the church (a three minutes walk from our apartment) has wifi in the lobby. We had been struggling for weeks to find a decent internet connection and never knew it was right under our noses.
So I am comfortably typing this blog entry at the church in an air conditioned, high-speed, free internet connection.
The church is true!
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