Trident Agra

... very grand, we are tired. Bring on the Taj Mahal and then we will have seen the best of all. We arrive in Agra soon after. Our hotel is the Trident as we have had to moves from the Grand Imperial as the owners have had a death in the family and the whole ...

... email addresses as they say they plan to visit Australia next year. Back for breakfast and a shower and we are off again to see the Agra Fort. By this time it is hot, and sunny and very humid and we are all beginning to be well and truly over forts, ...

... died in childbirth.  I figure he owed her an ediface! We visited two other sites today:  the Red Fort of Agra and the tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah.  There is a theme to these monuments:  marble inlay.  These two ...

... of young men that quickly gathers around me. One even gives me a little ride on his motorcycle! We check in to our hotel in Agra and grab a quick lunch, then race out the door since we can’t wait any longer to visit the fabled Taj Mahal. The sky is ...

... Golden Triangle road network.  We had a quick rest stop on the way and some 4.5hours later we arrived at our hotel - the trident.  We grabbed a quick lunch in the hotel and headed out with the driver and a new guide (rather short guide!) for our ...

... of their workers and they stood out vividly against the clear blue skies (PICS).     We arrived at the Trident Hilton Agra and had a few hours rest before meeting up with our tour guide. The hotel was modern and set in beautiful surroundings ...

... .  I enjoyed the visit to the Red Fort very much. We then made our way back to our gin & tonic at the Trident. We found this was a good spot to buy some jewellery so I bought a lovely gold and peridot pendant, and a silver bracelet. ...

... shots. Wanted the perfect ones. We finally got home at about 8:30. Long day. Walking around the hotel grounds I realized that Agra also has a unique smell - it smells like sulfur. Dinner at the hotel which was fine and then passed out. Another long day ...

... we picked up Mr. Deepa Sharma who will be with us for a few days.  He is a licensed guide for the Agra area.  We stopped at Sikandra, the Mausoleum of Akbar, an enormous complex that Akbar the Great started building in the ...

... not the last time we would here this particular phrase. After a few hours looking round the Taj we moved on to the other sites of Agra; the baby Taj (actually nothing to do with the Taj) and Agra Fort. The baby Taj was very quite as our Early start had ...

... I’m always running late these days, it seems.  Less than awake, I traipse through the lobby of the ultra-modern Trident Hotel in Agra to meet Sushant, who will be my guide for the next few days. ...

... to it. Kerry called "strangely compelling" but I was not compelled to eat mine.  It was after dark when we arrived at the Trident Hotel in Agra.  It was very nice and because of its location in the top tourist city in India, was about twice as ...

... on the side that serves as a bumper.  The car didn't stop and Kip wasn't hurt, so we returned to the hotel. Back at the Trident we had lunch and drank wine until it was time to go to the train station.  Kip and Kerry took a dip in the cold ...

... graze. Akbar the Great is buried here. We then checked into the hotel and the hotel was amazing. We were staying at the Trident Hilton. This was classified as a 3.5* hotel but I think this was nothing short of a 5*. This hotel was cheaper than what ...

... Mahal or even my idea of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?  Did I really need to perform two spreadings before I left Agra?                  I was reminded of the ...

Our trip to Agra was pretty simple as we only visited the Taj Mahal, the Red Fort and the shopping center. The Taj Mahal was a spectacle. Named one of the wonders of the world and it deserved that designation. Interestingly, it was actually a memorial for ...

... score into the sandstone religious symbols of all kinds:  Christianity (the fish); Paganism (the pentagram); Hinduism (Shiva’s trident and other Hindu symbols we have seen elsewhere); Judaism (star of David); Fascism (reverse swastikas as used ...

... for trying. We made it back to Delhi around 2:30PM, just in time for our brunch reservation. We ate at the ultra-modern Trident Hilton Delhi and the food was quite good. The brunch buffet consisted of Indian and Continental fare, as well as, desserts, ...