Hello. We finally left Udaipur and are now in Agra. The Taj Mahal looks awesome and we have a view of it from our hotel bedroom. In fact we can even see it from bed. On the train journey here we finally got the train class right and travelled on AC2 which meant it was warm, more secure and we had a curtain around our compartment. The only bad thing was that I was/am ill (again) so I slept like crap with a temperature, aches and pains and just a general feeling of weakness. Luckily I found a medical store close by here and after a quick phone consultation via mobile phone to the guys brother, I was sold some antibiotics. Couldn't happen in the uk lol. Needless to say I am not feeling much better so perhaps what I was sold is a load of rubbish....or something for some completely different ailment.
Tomorrow we go into the Taj Mahal. We are planning to go there for sunrise as it should look really good then and we will get there before the coach parties arrive. Today we went around to the back view of the Taj. We were walking there and were crossing the Yamuna river (over a railway bridge) when we decided to go back as a couple of groups of kids kept on following us asking for Rupees. We tried stopping a few times, ignoring them, talking Hungarian, telling them to F**! off..But nothing seemed to deter them. And, as the scenery on the other side of the bridge looked decidedly poorer, we decided that we should get a rickshaw. We backtracked to the road and decided to get a cycle rickshaw (to be environmentally friendly) after some haggling to get him down from 80 INR to 40 INR we were off. When I say off, we were moving until we reached an incline going up to the road bridge.
Tomorrow we go into the Taj Mahal. We are planning to go there for sunrise as it should look really good then and we will get there before the coach parties arrive. Today we went around to the back view of the Taj. We were walking there and were crossing the Yamuna river (over a railway bridge) when we decided to go back as a couple of groups of kids kept on following us asking for Rupees. We tried stopping a few times, ignoring them, talking Hungarian, telling them to F**! off..But nothing seemed to deter them. And, as the scenery on the other side of the bridge looked decidedly poorer, we decided that we should get a rickshaw. We backtracked to the road and decided to get a cycle rickshaw (to be environmentally friendly) after some haggling to get him down from 80 INR to 40 INR we were off. When I say off, we were moving until we reached an incline going up to the road bridge.
Despite the peddler standing up and peddling hard we weren't moving very fast. We started to feel bad. We were only paying the guy 40 INR for this!!!! Once we reached the other side we were ok but when we reached another incline and he got off and started pushing, I got off and helped him. We got taken our location, he waited for us (probably he needed the rest), he brought us back, we gave him 100 INR for his trouble and took a photo with him and his trusty steed. Now that we have sampled a cycle rickshaw, Eri wants to take a camel drawn carriage.
Hopefully there will be some Taj Mahal pictures on here soon but at the moment this PC is not playing ball and we cannot upload any.
Thanks for reading..See you
Hopefully there will be some Taj Mahal pictures on here soon but at the moment this PC is not playing ball and we cannot upload any.
Thanks for reading..See you
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