Best travel buddy Mary-Anna and I spend 5 weeks traveling through India, Nepal, and Bhutan.
Delhi
Agra - Taj Mahal & the Red Fort
March 26, 2008
Mary-Anna and I are now
in Jaipur - just south west of Delhi. Yesterday we had a sunset dinner
overlooking the fabulous Taj Mahal... Muslim clerics singing the call to
evening prayers in the background from a dozen minarets. Our visit
to the Taj Mahal was in the am and was truly spectacular. We have seen really
amazing architectural marvels in the form of forts and palaces - sand
stone and marble. Today another fantastical palace - dreamy carvings
and beautiful painted walls. Afterward we traveled to a bird sanctuary
and spent a couple hours on a cycle rickshaw with our sweet guide who
pointed out amazing birds, spotted deer, and antelope (the larges in
Asia).
Tomorrow we visit the
"pink city" of Jaipur. Well - I will keep this short since the internet
line is busy. The food has been great, the people kind, the
countryside spectacular and the cities totally wild with people, cars,
rickshaws, tuk tuks...
Lot's of strong impressions - beautiful and shocking - but all India!!
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