Sikandra (Akbar's Tomb) Agra

8km (5 miles) from Agra, Agra , Uttar Pradesh, India
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    Architectural building, Monument

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    I am Beat! (Previews to some more entries)

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    I am beat. We spent about 10 hours in a car to & from Agra today. I have three entries you can add to the coming soon file:

    * The Red Fort in Delhi: Me and Suraj have two conversations while viewing the red fort. Here's both:

    #1

    Suraj: Free?
    Me: Free.
    Suraj: Free!

    #2

    Guard: Out Time (rings …

Related BlogsSikandra (Akbar's Tomb) Agra

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    The Taj - is it worth it?

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    ... deal with a sleazy rickshaw driver (are there any other kind) to take us all the way out to Akbar's Tomb at Sikandra, wait for us, then drive over to Agra Fort in time for sunset. The only condition from him was a visit to a shop where he gets a petrol ...

  • 2

    Agra and the Taj!

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    ... !  I presume the 2 younger brothers of the family have been wearing the shirts I gave them ever since! We drove by Sikandra where Akbar (Mughal emperor) is buried.  It is quite impressive but we are on a tight schedule and move on to ...

  • 3

    Chittor to Agra: ruins, tigers, birds and the Taj

    ... hotel right next to the Taj we took another rickshaw to see Akbar's impressive tomb, 10km north of town in Sikandra. After a stroll through Agra's chaotic and very heavily polluted bazaar area, I felt not at all well (first time this trip - probably the ...

  • 4

    Touchdown India

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    ... was my first taste of homesickness as I longed for my California strict-emission-state air! Our next stop was the mausoleum of Sikandra, Sultan of Delhi, who was responsible for moving the capital to Agra in 1504 so he could keep a check on the ...

  • 5

    Taj Mahal

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    ... After less than 5 hours of sleep, Diana and I met with our driver at 7AM and left on a 3 1/2 hour drive to Agra, India.  The driving here is absolutely nuts!!!!!!!  China was terrible and awful, but it was nothing compared to what I have seen ...

  • 6

    The sublime Taj Mahal

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    ... & Taj Photos and notes from 1980 bit confusing. K19 is marked as Taj Mahal. But it probably is Sikandra Tomb visited earlier in day on way to Agra. Ed Waters in foreground. 02 K20 The immortal majestic Taj Mahal. Art Rom... in foreground. ...

  • 7

    The Road to Agra

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    ... lot.  And I am holding out for Thailand for the elephant ride. From Kosi, it was another 2 hours before we reached Sikandra-Tomb of Emperor Akbar...our five minute photo stop before we reached the Taj Mahal. When we finally arrived in Agra the ...

  • 8

    The Taj, Mausoleum or monument?

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    ... . We had a fast drive back towards Agra as the young driver had hoon blood and we went to a place 7kms from Agra called Sikandra . Here is where the ruler Akbar was buried in a massive mausoleum set in beautiful grassed grounds where deer and monkeys ...

  • 9

    Taj Mahal

    100 photos

    ... After less than 5 hours of sleep, Diana and I met with our driver at 7AM and left on a 3 1/2 hour drive to Agra, India.  The driving here is absolutely nuts!!!!!!!  China was terrible and awful, but it was nothing compared to what I have seen ...

  • 10

    No prizes for guessing the main attraction

    ... the the red fort - unsuprisingly very similar to the red fort in Delhi... Our final stop of the day was to Sikandra, a few kms out of Agra to visit Akbars tomb.  Those Mughals sure liked their decorative gates!  - this was an enormous structure ...