Mansingh Palace Agra
Fatehabad Rd., 282001, Uttar Pradesh, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, 282001, India
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Agra, Fatehpur Sikri & The Agra Fort
We left at 8am to head out to Agra today. Our driver Sanjay an earnest, enthusiastic chap with huge, dark eyes, negotiated the morning rush hour in Delhi. Which is no mean feat. They seem to have a rule - the bigger you are and the louder your horn the more right of way you have. Sanjay's own Four Rules for the Roads are:
1. Good horn (he …
Taj Mahal
A chilly dawn start saw us strolling through the Babur Gardens towards the Tah Mahal with our guide Sharma, passing monkeys, street dogs and joggers. There was already a queue, one side for women and the other for guys and a strict security system prevailed. Like Fatehpur Sikri and the Red Fort, the Taj is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and …
What's huge, white and romantic?
Today was the day to meet the pride of India, the Taj Mahal.
Our guide in Agra was a cool free lancer (like they all have claimed to be so far.. also single and with no time for women anyway... no way!!), a very nice and funny guy. We drove somewhat from the hotel, took a minibus and walked the rest of the way. The morning was hot, but …
Taking in the Taj
We arrived in Agra just after sunset on the night of the Dusshera festival - a celebration of good over evil. This is a precurser to the Dawili festival of lights that happens in early November. The highlight of Dusshera are these huge paper mache dolls that are filled with firecrackers - after sunset one person shoots a flaming arrow into it and …
Taj Mahal
The only trouble with through trains that don't have any signs or announcements is that you've no idea where you are and when you are arriving. I thought that we might make up one hour of the three that we were late, but an hour after scheduled arrival time I was shaken out of my sleep by Mandy to say that we were pulling into Agra. Not quite as …



