Jaypee

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... luggage thru a metal detector.  We learned that we had to pass this exam each time we entered the hotel.  The Jaypee is very luxurious, but not our style-very snobbish.  We wandered around the grounds and looked at the pool which was ...

... and off I pop. Note: scared simply does not cover the emotion of Delhi driving on the sleep deprived. So I arrive at the Jaypee and promptly vow that I cannot leave the hotel unaccompanied, as to do not have the necessary skills yet to go head to head ...

... to pass by a number of signposted laybys. "Dumping Area Number 12" being one of many. Offical dumping areas? The JayPee Group, a roadbuilding company, with fancy TV adverts about advancing technology and greatness and such like. Hmmm, not so great for ...

... until they die. I didn't take a photo and I shut the window blinds. Eventually, we made our way into Agra and to the Jaypee Palace hotel. It's a conference center, so the facilities and the rooms were pleasant. We ate lunch at the Café at the hotel. ...

... the security of the guests after the Bombay attack last year.  In any event, the hotel is just as snooty as was the Jaypee palace in Agra.  After the personal attention we have received in the past week, this is just a big, cold international ...

... the security of the guests after the Bombay attack last year.  In any event, the hotel is just as snooty as was the Jaypee palace in Agra.  After the personal attention we have received in the past week, this is just a big, cold international ...

So this is our first official bog entry from India. I had hoped it might be sooner than today but it took a while to get to Kolkata and become settled. We flew into Delhi on Dewali (the festival of lights) where our plane was almost hit by thousands of ...

So after a 7 hr flight beside a right royal pain in the arse princess (and beautiful wife), and after curry for dinner and breakfast, on BA, we landed in Delhi (vanessa was sitting next to cute bf so was good on the seating front). We were welcomed by ...

Marty/Vanessa - Back in New Delhi (after our car broke down on the way back to the hotel and a lot of horn blowing and death stares from frustrated drivers) we had only one night in India left, so we checked how much Rupees we had left, thinking we'd not ...

Flight Taj ...

 April 26th  12th installment-Agra and the Taj Mahal   Promptly at 6 AM Rampal appeared that the front door of our hotel and we took off to see the famous Taj Mahal.  Cars are not allowed near the Taj, so about 1 km ...

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