The Taj...in a word...underwhelming

Trip Start Mar 15, 2008
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Trip End Jul 15, 2009


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Monday, May 4, 2009

I was expecting much to be honest from the Taj.  It is just a building and I have seen so many amazing monuments.  I guess it is nice to be able to rate most of the worlds famous sites with first hand experience.  The Taj was beautiful, but not spectacular.  I was never blown away by it at any moment.  I put it far behind Bagan, Broubodor, or even Prambanan in Indonesia.

We had to change our plans because of a workers strike in Nepal.  They blockaded the roads so we had to fly out.  The same thing happened to me in Bolivia.  We flew to Delhi and hopped on a train to Agra to see the Taj, you can't go to India and not see the Taj.  The next day we backtracked to Delhi, I hate backtracking, and spent a day relaxing in our hotel room and eating good food.

The next day we hopped on a train for Chandigar.  It is supposed to be a beautiful city and cooler than Delhi.  It is near 100 degrees daily in Delhi this time of year.
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