Agra-vating

Today was our Agra tour, and not wanting to be tired or cranky by the time we went, we opted to visit the Taj Mahal first.

Another short, impolite pat down later we were there; walking down that same photo opt lane that everyone sees in their pictures.

Our guide gave us some info on the site itself, but like always= info in -> info out. I just want my picture dammit!


Damn You Apecture Shooting!

We do our history lesson like good little tourists and walk around, takings pics of the main building, the four towers, and the mosque and guest house on the opposite sides.

The grave itself, belonging to the wife (Mumtaz Shah) of the king who built it, is underground and can't be seen. In the temple, though, they've set up a mock grave that you can walk around and see. No photos though..for some reason.

After seeing it...I wasn't as blown away as I thought I'd be. I'm probably at sightseeing fatigue now, but I didn't get the "wowz" that I was hoping for.

It's still a beautiful place, but doesn't live up to the hype for me.

It was about 1pm now, time flew inside, so we went for a quick curry and then onto our final stop: Agra Fort.

It was another fort. Not a lot to say. There were two interesting things for me, tho.

First, this is where the king was held after he wanted to bankrupt the country building the black Taj Mahal - his own grave. Apparently his son locked hm in the fort after he wouldn't agree to stop building. Not to say the place was a jail, it's still a palace, and the king was placed in a part of the fort where he could still see the monument to his dead wife.

The second thing about the fort are the animals. Like everywhere in India the place has monkeys, but it also has chipmunks. Best of all, the chipmunks are tame and will climb into your hands if you feed them! It tickled!

They don't even poop in your hand!

Upon finishing the fort, we said bye to our guide and his plethora of facts, and then came back to the hotel for a rest. As this trip gets longer I'm finding naps are essential.

Being Valentines Day, Suji and I decided to go see a Bollywood movie, something she's wanted to do together for a while now. We chose a romcom based off the movie "What Happens in Vegas", and even tho it was in Hindi I really liked it.

The plot wasn't that hard to figure out, and Suji was there to translate. We also bought the best seats in the theater , recliners, so the whole thing was great. Definitely my favorite part of the day. Sorry taj :(.

Tomorrow is our last day as we head back to Delhi. Thursday, Suji flies out and I go to Kolkata for my last two days.

Hard to believe my 21 days is almost up!