Hotel Paradise Kanpur
16/62 Sri Krishna Tower Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208001, India
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Taj Mahal Magic
... making us laugh a lot. I think he thought we were loving his work as a photographer and this only spurred him on further asking me to sit on Aidan's knee, lunge and do all sorts of poses around the Taj!
After an exhausting Taj Mahal photo shoot with our new "gardener" friend and a relentless Hawker who kept trying to sell us Taj Mahal memorabilia which we repeatedly said no to such as a bar of soap in the shape of ...
The mighty misty Taj
... you if you are at the right station, otherwise the train keeps moving after a 5 minute wait). Ahhh the joys of the Indian rail system!
Feeling a little worse for wear, we were dismayed to find that "the mist" had only arrived the day before and could possibly sit around for the whole day, if not for several days to come. It was a thick, heavy mist, leaving our hands wet and clammy, and it was also very cold (we could even see our own ...
18th Nov 2011
... symbols all covered the walls. Most of the original art work was destroyed and the precious gems that apparently graced each wall had been ransacked and stolen but carefully painted over the top were replicas of the original design.
I could go on and on about the fort, it really is worth spending the money on a guide who lets you explore at your own place, enjoy every view and understand the reasons why...he brings it all to life and the fort itself simply ...
Taj Mahal !!!
... the car and walked our way to one of the 7 wonders of the World. On our way there I wanted to buy 2 banana’s. The guy selling thel wasn’t even ashamed to ask 20 Rupees. Is he out of his mind?? I threw 5 Rupees on his little cart, said thanks and went away. He was shouting at me, but I know I paid the normal Indian price.... again an Indian earning bad karma!! With Kuldeep and one of his friends aong our side we walked towards the entrance of the Taj Mahal. ...
Aggro in Agra
... was a souvenier shop that also served overpriced food and drink. We are sure that if drivers take tourists to these places they get a commission. It might seem like we moan about prices and money a lot but it really does get to us sometimes that people just want to make what they can from you just because we live in the western world, I mean if we would've paid the asking price for everything without questions we would be skint by now. And although we ...



