The Taj Mahal was beautiful to see. It was nice to just spend a little time sitting on the cold marble, watching the colours of the sky, and reflections on the water and the white marble change over time. If you go right at dawn, it's much less crowded for the first hour or so. . . then it gets pretty busy. Also, the cooler part of the day is just so hard to waste. Who would have thought I'd convert to getting up at 5:30am and going to bed at 9:00pm on this trip?
Here's the standard tourist pose for mum. I can't seem to rotate photos and get the dimensions to stay proportionate, but you get the idea.
I wandered around with Boris from Germany and Yoshi from Japan. Boris had just finished a meditation retreat, and Yoshi is off to find somewhere to learn yoga. There is a lot of "spiritual tourism" in India, and many travellers I have come across have spent some time on Ashrams. It seems like it would be an amazing experience, although you will never get me doing yoga in India . . . I'm embarrassing enough back home.
There are more buildings, just as stunning, that are worked into the overall layout of the complex along with the main mausoleum/Taj Mahal.
Bees just like we saw in Angkor were making their home under one of the arches. It's such an interesting style of beehive, I'd love to learn more about them.
Today I'm leaving Agra, and going North past Delhi to the foothills. I'm hoping to get on a bus going to Manali. Should be a bit cooler, and I might even delve into the part of my bag that contains all of my warmer clothes--these haven't seen the light of day since the New Zealand summer (when they saw all too much daylight).
I wandered around with Boris from Germany and Yoshi from Japan. Boris had just finished a meditation retreat, and Yoshi is off to find somewhere to learn yoga. There is a lot of "spiritual tourism" in India, and many travellers I have come across have spent some time on Ashrams. It seems like it would be an amazing experience, although you will never get me doing yoga in India . . . I'm embarrassing enough back home.
There are more buildings, just as stunning, that are worked into the overall layout of the complex along with the main mausoleum/Taj Mahal.
Bees just like we saw in Angkor were making their home under one of the arches. It's such an interesting style of beehive, I'd love to learn more about them.
Today I'm leaving Agra, and going North past Delhi to the foothills. I'm hoping to get on a bus going to Manali. Should be a bit cooler, and I might even delve into the part of my bag that contains all of my warmer clothes--these haven't seen the light of day since the New Zealand summer (when they saw all too much daylight).
Thanks for the photo, Mary. We're just getting out your NG Atlas to find Manali; it was nice of you to leave the atlas with us!
ReplyDeletehaha- I just broke out my NG atlas to look up Manali-- is it on the border with China? I found a Mana La. It is fun tracking where you've been & where you are headed next, M.C. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteYay for the NG Atlas.
ReplyDeleteAnne, it is pretty far up, but not quite to the border. Look for Chandigargh, and go North and slightly East.
Wow, Mary! I can't tell if the Taj is somewhere you simply can't take a bad photo, or you're a better shot than you've let on. A little of both, probably. In any case, it's gorgeous and so are YOU. Thanks for keeping us updated!
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