Before sunrise, tour vans leave for the boat jetty upriver, bound for the gorge of the Papi Hills. By midday the Sir Arthur Cotton Museum at Dowleswaram is open beside the long Godavari barrage. Late afternoon, trains rumble over the concrete arches, and at dusk priests raise brass lamps to the river at Pushkar Ghat.
Beyond the ghats, Kadiyam nurseries grow plants for gardens across India, and a workshop near Fort Gate still turns ebonite into fountain pens. Summers are hot and humid, monsoon rain falls from June to October, and winters stay pleasantly warm. When your list runs out, a Local Friend picks the next ghat, sweet shop or river village.
