Day 13 - Blogabond

Finally, the reason we're in India -- the Taj Mahal. As impressive the second time as the first. Here we hired a guide and it was worthwhile. We took our time to truly appreciate the building. Then back to the hotel in a carriage for a few hours of rest and realization before making the journey back to New Delhi.

Perhaps because it wasn't tainted by the horrendous drive through New Delhi, I appreciated the drive back at least a bit more. We were almost caught in a sit-in strike in Agra before passing by the semi-nomadic Indians in Utter Pradesh. The stick and mud huts, flocks of sheep at times blocking the road, camels pulling huge, huge loads, women with urns and piles of grain on their heads, and even the passing elephant all looked more pastoral. We asked the driver to stop in Murthra, but he didn't -- he pretended not to understand but I think he just wanted to get home.

written by

shoshtrvls on September 2, 2006 from Agra, India

from the travel blog: Bhutan and India (2006)

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