View from Agra Fort….
Just as Ajanta and Ellora was the “must see” for Axle, the Taj Mahal was the “must see” for Karin. So, after pulling in some two hours late and being greeted by our short, very tidy and courteous Sikh driver—Mr. Lucky—getting some breakfast, and checking in to our hotel, we wasted no time going out to see what Agra had in store for us.
As with yesterday, I had to take some time away from the vacation to go to school, so I skipped out on the Agra Fort. I knew I had lots of forts coming my way in Jaipur, so I didn’t feel like I was missing out on too much….
Amy kept them all away for as long as she could, giving me enough time to finish both my individual assignment and my group assignment, so I was prepared to accompany them on their visit to the Taj Mahal. Besides, everyone told us that the early afternoon was the best time to go in terms of lighting conditions….
For such a large imposing structure, a visit to the Taj Mahal is usually over pretty quickly unless you laze around in the big plazas and watch people or unless you analyze every detail on the structure….
It’s a pretty spectacular structure in person, but I still think that Henny’s opinion is the most impressive thing from that day: “If he didn’t make his wife have so many children, then he might not have felt so guilty when she died in childbirth. He should have given her these nice things when she was alive instead of making her have all those children.”
After the Taj Mahal, we went to a marble inlay factory to see how all the impressive inlay work was traditionally done. Axle found herself a very nice marble Lakshmi, and Karin found a mother-of-pearl inlaid picture of the Taj Mahal….
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Sun. Jan 21 – Agra, Agra Fort, and the Taj Mahal
View from Agra Fort….
Just as Ajanta and Ellora was the “must see” for Axle, the Taj Mahal was the “must see” for Karin. So, after pulling in some two hours late and being greeted by our short, very tidy and courteous Sikh driver—Mr. Lucky—getting some breakfast, and checking in to our hotel, we wasted no time going out to see what Agra had in store for us.
As with yesterday, I had to take some time away from the vacation to go to school, so I skipped out on the Agra Fort. I knew I had lots of forts coming my way in Jaipur, so I didn’t feel like I was missing out on too much….
Amy kept them all away for as long as she could, giving me enough time to finish both my individual assignment and my group assignment, so I was prepared to accompany them on their visit to the Taj Mahal. Besides, everyone told us that the early afternoon was the best time to go in terms of lighting conditions….
For such a large imposing structure, a visit to the Taj Mahal is usually over pretty quickly unless you laze around in the big plazas and watch people or unless you analyze every detail on the structure….
It’s a pretty spectacular structure in person, but I still think that Henny’s opinion is the most impressive thing from that day: “If he didn’t make his wife have so many children, then he might not have felt so guilty when she died in childbirth. He should have given her these nice things when she was alive instead of making her have all those children.”
After the Taj Mahal, we went to a marble inlay factory to see how all the impressive inlay work was traditionally done. Axle found herself a very nice marble Lakshmi, and Karin found a mother-of-pearl inlaid picture of the Taj Mahal….
Check out the rest of the pictures too….
No related posts.