Hotel Grand Imperial Itc Welcomgroup Agra

... it was so surreal to finally be there, standing in front of it. Anyways, it was something I will never forget.

I’m catching a train back to Delhi in a few hours and from there I’m heading to a town in the foothills of the Himalayas with Naved and Zeeshan. That will bring me to next Saturday and then I’ll be back in the States in time for the holidays.

Until next time...
Carter

... century. The main sites are the narrow streets of the bazaar, a Jain Temple, a giant Mosque that holds 25,000 people and the Red Fort, named for the red sandstone walls.

The Red Fort is massive. The walls extend more more than a mile and it is surrounded by a dried up mote. Inside the giant gate is a hall of shops where we bought a brass Genish - the god with an elephant head who is the "mover of obstacles". The entrance hall opens into a ...

... puzzle, we were on our way and eventually in Agra.

Dad and I decided to go to the Taj Mahal very early to try to avoid the thousands of tourists. After fending off every guide and rickshaw driver wanting a piece of us, we got to the Taj. (Dad and I have gotten very good at getting people off our backs. Our latest method is to pretend we are deaf and start signing at each other. The Indians get very confuse and eventually leave us alone ...

... a bit guilty but we are light compared to some of the loads they carry, and then negotiated the local buses back to Agra and collapsed at the hotel.
3rd and final day we went to the final of the three main attractions, Agra Fort, this was basically the old palace where the emperors lived, Shah Jahan was imprisoned there by his son in a room overlooking the Taj Mahal which you can see across the river. He lived there until he died then his body was laid next to ...

Namaste all, greetings from Agra......





just abit of warning this email was typed by Dave with me next to him..........



Hope
you are all well and sorry for takng so long to email you what we are
up to, but we have been really busy seeing a lot of things the Golden
Triangle of India has to offer.



We had a bit of a manic day on
the Thursday before we left as it took about 2 hours to pack everything
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India cazdave2009

... we had seen the day before.
we got on the bus to sinouli later that morning, happy with our time in nepal, and slightly reluctant to leave.

the hotel manager in sinouli acted like he was not used to guests. not that i am surprised, sinouli is a horrible place. i am pretty sure the only reason there is anything there is because of the border crossing.
our room was fundamental to say the least; the shower didn't work, and there was no hot water anyway. the staff looked ...

... for the day. There was some confusion at the entrance and I ended up with another guide but he was awesome so I didn’t mind... and, as I found out later, the guide that was hired for me turned out to be horrible. This new guide walked with a cane but I could hardly keep up with him! Agra Fort is another of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The fort was home to several of the Mughal Emperors, serving as the capital for many years. It is most famous for ...

... artwork. We told him that we were not interested in buying anything (that should be a foreboding remark) in marble but decided to pay a visit to the shop. There are 4 young men working outside the marble shop. They are using fine grinding wheels that they power with a bow that they draw back and forth in one hand while the hold the stone to be ground in the other hand. The pieces are small and they are shaped by the grinding ...

Arrived in Agra at about 1600 in the afternoon dropped our stuff off and went straight to the Red Fort which over looks the Taj Mahal and in itself is a stunning Fort which burns red in the evening sunset. Pretty much the only Westerners here so everyone was enjoying having a good look at us and asking to take photo's with them some where pretty bold and marched straight over ...

... Shatabdi and no western style loos as far as I could find.We had obviously been spoilt the on the previous journey.

We had decided to take the full day tour with Uttar Pradesh tourist board as this took us to Fatehpur Sikri as well as the fort and of course the Taj. The tour is timed to meet the Taj Express train at the station and get you back in time for the train home. Rough Guide does ...