Wed 28/01/04

An ok enough train journey, shared yet again with another family going to a wedding. Immediately after getting off the train, I could sense that it was going to be a bit of a scrum outside the station, so I found a telephone, and booked ahead for a room in Agra. My first bicycle rickshaw broke down on the way (snapped chain), so it took me an hour to reach the hotel. I checked in and had a snack before heading off to the Taj Mahal. At 750 Rs it was the most expensive site I had paid to get into, but by far the most beautiful.

These photos don't do it justice by the way !

 I hired a guide, and although he was pretty good, I didn't learn a lot more than I'd already read about. That said, he pointed out that even when it was first built, it was a tourist attraction.The Taj Mahal was a real highlight, and truly deserves its place in the seven modern wonders of the world.