Pushpa Villa Hotel Agra

... was talking to in the queue started to cry, and everyone just stopped and looked at the building. You can read everything that's ever been written and see al the pictures ever taken but nothing can describe how this building looks up close. It doesn't somehow look real, like no human could have built it, the symmetry is perfect so all four sides look exactly the same. Its raised so all you can see behind it is sky and completely made of marble so it does kinda ...

... smog laden city and even this early in the morning it was thick. Incredibly the authorities have banned vehicles in an exclusion zone around the streets of the Taj to “protect” it from the damages of the acidic smog eating into the white marble. I wonder about this whether the air is able to form a square and not mix with the Taj zone ??? Wayne enjoyed his first visit and I can say (not bragging but a fact) that even after 2 previous visits I still am amazed by ...

... get some good ones of the taj mahal tomorrow. until then you'll have to make do with briggs's photos, although he has a lot more from nepal that he didnt have time to upload. i am aware that the one of me eating raw garlic got priority. lucky cameras dont convey smell too.<br>anyway back to the storyline.<br>we arrived in chitwan from pokhara after a reasonable drive, and a slihtly confusing bus transfer. as a passenger, i am never comfortable driving down an unsurfaced road at ...

... to our country! That&#8217;s a joke! We put our shoes in our bag and walked past the delightful little man and intro the grounds of the Mosque. When we were inside, another man came over and offered to show us around for no charge! We were a bit skeptical about that but we went with him anyway. He was actually really nice and did show us around for no cost. He also gave us ideas for some cool photos through the gaps in the walls. He did have a shop though within the grounds of the ...

... well, as a self-declared savvy traveler I hate to admit it, but stick to the Lonely Planet. In the video you can see the great view from Hotel Karma&#8217;s rooftop restaurant and, yes, Joney&#8217;s banana lassis are something else. Once you paid 750 Rupees for admission (Indians pay 20) you should cough up an extra 200 for a guide. (Ask for Mustaffah if you want a picture of all 96 Taj postcard shots.) <br><br>Books have been filled ...

... metal bars adorn the windows, heads and hands pour out the gaps of the hot sweat boxes. After some uncertainty we find our berth. Our lodgings for the night in the 3AC berth are like, as Emmet said, being stuck in the boot of a car all night with our faces around 4 inches from the ceiling. Still, the upper berth does afford some privacy which is a relief given all the stories I've heard about the tendencies of Indian men to stare at Western women for ...

... to sell you something and never taking no for an answer. I've also met a few people over the last couple of days who have recently arrived from Nepal, so after hearing their stories and seeing their photos I'm really looking forward to seeing a new country and seeing the back of touts and rickshaw drivers.

... to them since I'm smoking myself. They started chatting me up a bit "where's your husband?" etc. The usual questions...then they disappeared again. The walk was nice actually, very peaceful which is unusual in India.<br><br>We ended up at this little temple that had had these tiles with Hindi writing everywhere, on the floor, on the wall, on the ceiling...everywhere. We entered and ...

... the Taj Mahal and the red fort are within a reasonable walking distance from the main hotel district, still the Cyclo Rickshaws and Tuc tucs swarm like flies, Agra is also much more expensive than other cities in the North for what appears to be very little valid reason and it can be seen how the presence of the Taj Mahal and the huge amount of foreign visitors have driven up the prices in this city ...