Fatehpur Sikri
Trip Start
Jun 19, 2008
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Trip End
Dec 17, 2008
Fatehpur Sikri,
Uttar Pradesh,
India
Sunday, August 24, 2008
The palace was very beautiful and was a good stop over on the trip between Agra and Jaipur. Unfortunately we went there when it was raining, so it kind of dampened the experience. Also, the place is intensely overrun by people trying to sell you things. It is impossible to walk two steps without being haggled, and after an hour it gets very tiring. It was also frustrating after having just gotten off the bus for four hours and having no peace. The hired guide was not much use, any guide book said pretty much the same thing, and he only brought us around to his friends that tried to sell us things. Then a man beat off the beggars for us...
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then asked us for money for doing so. All in all it was a pretty frustrating experience because we were in such a large group and such a target. I feel if we had had more time and been in smaller groups without a guide, it would have been a much more pleasant experience. 
Comments
What an interesting place!
That was fascinating, reading your account of the eccentric rooms and their functions in that palace. I wonder what their debates were like, when they brought in believers of various religions to debate and discuss. It was too bad that you were in a large group and got targeted so much, but that has taught you yet something else highly useful and important about travel. You may forget the details, but you'll always tend to travel in smaller groups without a guide, in the future. The Craft Center maintains! Chaio!