Agra

Today I'm in Agra. I'm travelling around so much you could blink and you'll miss me!

After a much more successful train journey this morning than my last one, I befriended a rickshaw driver who drove me around to most of the sites in Agra for the equivalent of about a fiver! I've seen the Taj Mahal from across the river, and am intending to go visit it at 6am for the 'sunrise'. Haha. Although I did actually get sun and blue sky for a bit today. Right after it rained....

The first thing I did on my tour was go to Agra Fort; I had a guided tour for an hour and a half! Then my driver (ooh don't I sound posh) took me to some jewellery and marble inlay shops, being perfectly open about the fact that if I buy something, he gets commission. (The driver who took me to the elephants in Jaipur tried to make it a secret but I ain't as stupid as I look!)

Next, we went to the 'baby taj' and another tomb the name of which I can't remember at the moment and my guide book is across the road in my room. That was when the sun came out, so I think I got some decent-ish photos there as well.

Finally, we went to a garden across the Yamuna River from the Taj Mahal, where you get a really good view, and my friendly driver took the typical tourist photo for me:

I'm going to have some dinner on my hotel's rooftop restaurant with a view of the Taj, and then go to bed, considering I've been up since 4:30 and am going to be out again at 6 tomorrow. Then I will also be going to Akbar's Mausoleum and Fatehpur Sikri tomorrow.

TTFN x

P.S - I didn't go to Ajmer and Pushkar yesterday, but only the Jantar Mantar observatory, and then I slept for most of the day. Think one of the Cayzers gave me a bug!!!