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All That Taj
... paid 100 rupees (~$2) to enter the gardens of Mehtab Bagh. Perfectly aligned with the Taj, even in the haze the vista from there was worth the price of admission.
KK's tour also included a walk to the riverbank where people were washing clothing and linens for businesses in the city. They placed everything in large vats of river water loaded with chemical solvents instead of soap, because the latter was too expensive. The whole mix was ...
Impossible
... present, ai du abandoner mon couteau au poste de securite du Taj Mahal. Impossible de se reposer sauf dans un parc avec les families indiennes ou un "lady boy" vient nous accoster avec un grand sourire, un grand foulard, la main gauche tatouee a l henne et les ongles vernis de rose. Impossible de se laver les cheveux, pas ou peu d eau chaude. Impossible d avancer dans le trafic ce soir, tout le monde a l arret pour le passage d un ...
Agra - Much More than the Taj
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A couple lessons on this one (ones we seem to need to relearn every so often). Stay long enough in a place to really see and enjoy the spots you choose. For me, this was one site too many for the time and energy we had.
Another lesson - when the throngs chasing after you get to be too much for your psyche, lock your hands behind your back, look up at the sky and say nothing. It works.
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Agra - the Agra Fort & the Taj Mahal
... 2.30pm and we headed for Agra Fort - built by Shah Jahan (who also built the Red Fort in Dehli and the Taj Mahal) - which deserves to be added as the 8th wonder - an incredible place. Having built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife, Shah Jahan planned to build a replica in black on the other side to commemorate himself. His son didn't agree that Dad should be spending the family silver, so locked him up in a tower at Agra Fort, overlooking the Taj Mahal, for 8 ...
Totally Magical Taj Mahal
... The work on the sarcophagi and lattice gate is exquisite as well: the replicas date from the time of the original and were created for the sole purpose of viewing the site. At least, that was our understanding.
Finishing up the mausoleum, we walked back to the gardens. Our guide waited while Kyla and I returned to the main gate, for another view of the Taj Mahal from the distance. The sun popped out briefly, so we could view it in another light, capture another mood. But ...
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