Taj Mahal

What a beautiful day it was! Our driver (Gil) picked us up this morning and we made a 4 hour drive to the city of Agra. We checked in at Hotel Taj Heritage, washed up after the long drive and made our way to the Taj Mahal.

Our guide for the day lives very close to the Taj Mahal. His grandfather, father, brothers, and cousins are / were guides. For this particular place, we were very happy to have a guide. He helped clear away the countless number of touts during the 1 km walk from the entrance to the main west gate. We came away from our tour with lots of information that we wouldn't have known if we had of gone in on our own.

The Taj is awe inspiring. It took 22 years to build and it is perfectly symmetrical. After visiting I now understand why it is one of the 7 wonders of the world.




Sue's ankle was bothering her so we opted not to visit Fort Agra and instead spent the remainder of the day catching some rays on the hotel's 2nd floor balcony. We had some laughs watching the street chaos and enjoyed dinner in the hotel.


There is no internet here, so I will post this from Jaipur if possible.