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Our last day in India
... and some fruit we had in our room into a box and marched out of our fancy hotel and down the road to their humpy. I videoed it all from our hotel window. She was such a popular visitor. The kids were so happy! It was lovely to see. Sadly our trip has come to an end. It has been a wonderful fortnight but all good things must come to an end. On the plus side, we get to see our gorgeous children very ...
Varanasi - PART II
... was an amazing place to visit though it took a bit of getting used to. Some horrible touts on the first day coupled with how amazingly filthy everything took a lot of getting used to but by the end I was much more confident and was enjoying it much more than the beginning. Also the Ganpati guesthouse we stayed in was one if the best so far. It's easily the most different place we've been so far and we're now ready for Agra which is know to have some of the most persistent touts in the whole of Asia.
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What a result!!!
Being the skinflint that i am i had decided that i wasn't going to pay the 'exorbitant' 750 rupee entrance fee to the Taj Mahal on principal due to the fact that Indians only have to pay 20 rupees and because i had already got nice views of it from the rooftop terrace of my guesthouse. Yesterday afternoon i thus tried to book a train from Agra Fort station to Sawai Madhopur, the jumping off point ...
The Taj Mahal - Wow, wow, wow!!!
... do not like it too hot, the temperature was about 85 degrees and the lighting was great for taking photos.
Of course we had to do the tourist thing and take tons of photos in front of the Taj Mahal (totally ignoring the rest of the buildings). Next was to enter the Taj and see the tomb of the Mugal Emperor Shahanshah Shah Jahan and his third wife, who he considered the perfect wife, (I have one of these) Empress Mumtaz Majal. The Shah ...
Taj Mahal
... we landed on some rice which was ok.
Entered the Taj from the south entrance after buying the foreign ticket 750 rupees and the got told to push in front of the massive local line of 20 rupees. Felt quite bad but allowed after some yelling from the guard. Spent a few hrs admiring the Taj from all aspects. Quite a strange experience that started yesterday was locals asking for photos with us. Don't ...
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