" Mr Rhodes! You haven't told us anything about Andhra Pradesh people" my neighbour said. "Are they friendly, how do they treat foreigners?" she asked. No doubt! the question asked were genuine. " They are very good!" I answered back.

What more could have I said? I thought. Should have I said they are the best on earth. That would become exxagerration but they were really good. As such I never faced any particular problem from anybody. But yes touts and miscreates are there and they can be anywhere. One has to remain cautious and aware since you are in foreign land.

I was in Andhra Pradesh for about 3 weeks and I just loved being there. Three weeks time was enough for me to understand the people of Andhra Pradesh. Since I belonged to a different culture, I was quite enticed to know more about theirs. Though I know that each state in India have a different culture to boast off but it would have been really unfair on my part if I won't have gathered information on Andhra Pradesh people and their lifestyle.

In fact, I feel this is an utmost important thing for anybody on earth. Through books and magazine, I collected information on Andhra Pradesh people. Their language is Telgu but the other languages that they spoke were Urdu, Hindi and Kannada.

As far as the classical dance form is concerned, Andhra Pradesh boast off two dance form which includes - Kachipudi and Ardh Natyam. Kuchipudi originated from the small village on Krishna belt in Andhra Pradesh.

Being an Indian State, it not left behind in celebrating the festivals. Some of the popular festival of Andhra Pradesh are Lumbini Festival, Hyderabad Festival and Visaka Utsav. These festival tends to attract number of tourists to spectacle the beauty of Andhra Pradesh culture.

I also tried Andhra Pradesh cuisine. They not only named different but were different in taste too. Pulihara, Andhra pickle, Hyderabadi Biryani , Bagara Baingan are some of the famous dishes of Andhra Pradesh.

"So you had a fantastic trip. I think now even I can plan my trip to Andhra Pradesh." said my neighbour. " Ya, as I said earlier, my trip to Andhra Pradesh was just awesome." I replied.