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East Gate, Taj Ganj, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
WHAT A SURPRISE AGRA WAS . . . Andrew and I started the first of our many train trips on Saturday October 11, yet another early start which was a killer for me - we were on our train by 6 am. We had a comfortable 2-hour trip on a/c chair class, and was even given breakfast which we weren't expecting! We arrived in Agra and secured a pre-paid aut...
A travel blog entry from Agra by shrek3
Agra Arrival Agra has a horrible reputation in terms of its welcome for tourists. Allegedly this is well deserved and we steeled ourselves for it. We got off the train with touts talking to us, but we just ignored them, were able to walk to the booth where we prepaid our rickshaw by the official government fare and the rickshaw driver took us di...
A travel blog entry from Agra by willa_andrew
We got the hell out of Delhi after the bombs at the end of our road. Now in Agra, staying in a hotel next to the Taj Mahal. Got a tour of Agra yesterday in an autorickshaw at an extortionate price of 6 quid. Today we meant to go to the Taj but last night I got terrible sickness and couldn't do anything, lay in bed for 12 hours feeling rough. Wok...
A travel blog entry from Agra by warty007
Upon debarking at Agra Cantonment Railway Station, we consulted our Frommer's guide to find the tourist office. It was right in front of us - the U.P. Tourism office. They gave us maps for free, offered us a bus tour, gave us the approximate cost for the auto rickshaw to the hotel we were hoping to stay at, and most importantly, that the Taj Mah...
A travel blog entry from Agra by mariascribbles
Entry 2 of a trip titled: Mijn India-avontuurtjes
okay hier zal ik dus hopelijk mijn allerliefste vriendjes op de hoogte kunnen houden van mijn nog in leven zijn enz... ;) al ff mijn verontschuldigingen vr eventuele typfouten... qwerty... groetjes uit mumbai!!!
A travel blog entry from Agra by el8
everyone says agra is the most agitating place next to delhi when doing India....I say come in the summer and you have the whole place to yerself....and I found the best curd lassi in India...period....at the Taj cafe, check it out. The Taj Mahal, the qunitessential symbol of India, a massive marble monolith to the cruelty of life and love. Erec...
A travel blog entry from Agra by w4nderer
Ros: Chocolate bars in India are GREAT. They are a bit like you'd imagine a Wonka Bar to be - the real thing, not the disgusting purple merchandise chocolate that followed the film. First you get the outer paper sleeve, just like in England. Slide the bar out of that and you get white waxed paper, which makes you feel like you are opening a Chri...
A travel blog entry from Agra by hobnob
We were up and ready at 5.45 to walk the short distance to the East Gate of the Taj and already there were heaps of people there! The boys queued for the tickets and the girls stood in line and got the water and shoe coverings. You can't take in any bags so it was cameras only. We eventually made it in a little after 6 after going through securi...
A travel blog entry from Agra by chooklotto
The next day we travelled by road and the green farming land of Agra gave way to the more arid desert landscape of Rajahstan. Our accommodation for the evening was an old Mogul fort on the top of a hill, still owned by members of the Indian royal family. Here, we were invited to meet with them for a while and to adopt the local dress style - tur...
A travel blog entry from Agra by andyb
The Taj Mahal is one of the seven wonders of the world and it's easy to see why. Andrew kept talking the Taj up but I secretly thought to myself that it was only a building and couldn't be as good as all that - especially when I have seen some pretty amazing buildings like the Blue Mosque, the Pyramids and Chitzin Itsa. Your first glimpse of it ...
A travel blog entry from Agra by kukuwu
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