Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Today was a fairytale

Today we went the the Taj. (at 5:30am) It was gorgeous. And actually much much bigger than I imagined. Because we went so early it wasn't crowded at all. which made the whole experience better. I guess there isn't much else to say about it, just pictures to see. But It was very, very, cool and beautiful. The vendors were insane though, I actually walked into a few of them because they wouldn't get out of the way, but it was definitly worth it. And I actually enjoy the men who follow you around and take pictures that they print before you leave, you get some really amazing photos that way. All of the pictures we took look fake, I still don't really believe that we went.

After the Taj we came back to the hotel to get breakfast and pack and then we went to Agra fort. Which was another set of palaces but that was also very exciting to see, all of it is so pretty and everything hand carved. You can also see the Taj Mahal from the top of agra fort. :)

Then we went to see a demonstration of how the marble of the taj was carved, no wonder it to 22 years and 20,000 people to build it, it takes forever to do one piece.

Then we headed to Delhi, and the driver pointed out baby Taj, which is literally a smaller version of the Taj, and a really pretty tomb that we were supposed to stop at but couldn't because of a traffic jam. Now were in Delhi, in another hotel that has security guards and gates and checks for bombs every-time we enter. I understand why we are at such nice hotels- they are safer, and I'm ok with that. It was a busy day, with a ton of car time and I can't wait to sleep.

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