russj

See the sights and get the hell out of there

Posted by russj | 10th February 2007

I've been procrastinating writing this as we've covered quite a lot of ground and I wasn't looking forward to going over everything. However, I believe it can quite easily be summarised by the following: go to North India, see what you have to see, and get out of there. To linger is to be a masochist.

We caught the train to Agra and arrived, naturally, a couple of hours later than expected. Pulling up at our hotel around 11pm feeling grimy and exhausted, we checked in and happened to see some people that we met briefly in Pushkar. Stupidly, we stayed up talking and drinking rum until about 2am. After 4 hours sleep, we awoke and went to see the Taj Mahal, something I've been looking forward to.

Despite the cloud that obscured the Sun as it crept above the horizon, the Taj didn't disappoint. It is simply one of the most, if not the most beautiful buildings I have seen. The symmetry and proprtion of the domes and minarets are incomparable. As the Sun gets higher, the colour of the b

Continued | Travels in India with too many books

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