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"the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes"
... 8217;s haha. But the prices are fair so we are ushered into (finally) a beautiful Indian Ambassador. This is, if I correctly remember, a direct copy of a British Moris something. Unfortunately it doesn’t start, so there goes our fun ride and we end up in something modern. The hotel is within spitting distance of the East gate to the Taj Mahal, and pleading and begging to Herrie I get her to agree that we wake up before dawn to try to see the ...
Varanasi - PART II
... about midday got an auto-rickshaw to the Sagnath ruins, 10km to the north. The first thing that struck us once we were inside the complex was how peaceful it was compared to the madness of Varanasi. We walked around the series of small walls in the blazing sunshine (isn't all archeology just a series of small walls?). The site is dominated by the Dharma Chakra Stupa, 33 metres tall which stakes a competing claim as the exact spot of Buddha's first sermon. We then walked round the ...
The Taj
... part of this is, is that Agra is probably one of the poorest and dirtiest places we have visited. The air quality here is aweful! It is very smoky and from what I can understand it is basically like this all the time. It would have been a perfectly clear day here without the haze...oh well. I guess Agra is quite an industrial city but I can see why a lot of people just come here for the day to see the sites and then leave. It is not a ...
Taj Mahal and The Red Fort - Better than a mixtape
... and embellishments from all three faiths, he as considered to be very popular due to his multi faith support and fairness. So that was all for today, I expect another lavish Indian meal tonight (though here they just call it a meal), tomorrow another early rise for a long public bus trip to my first stop in Rajastan, Jaipur. Photos Here: https://www.icloud.com/journal/#3;CAEQA RoQ93aMV4oyB30Z4_0z3ONDfQ;6519CAEB-23BF ...
To Agra, and a visit to the Taj Mahal
... narrow and steep. But eventually, we were inside. Be warned, the inside is quite small and crowded, and it is NOT air conditioned, nor is there any significant ventilation. It’s HOT in there. But it is worth it. It’s hard to believe that it is as old as it is, because it’s so clean that it looks as though it was just power-washed. We were told this is because this marble is non-porous, so it doesn’t get stained by the elements.
We exited ...