Friday, 22 April 2011

"What happens if i'm sick on the Taj Mahal?"......"They'll probably arrest you" (30th March)

Made it to Agra in one Piece, yessss. Though it seems something in the train was trying to eat me alive. My feet are covered in bites.
We booked into a hotel that had a nice view of the Taj Mahal and had some breakfast. I didnt end up finishing all of mine as i was put off by the two dead ants floating in my drink. I'm unsure how many I'd already drank.

We had decided we were only going to stay in Agra one night as this is what was advised in the blogs and the travelers we had spoken to.We regret this and think we could of stayed longer.
The Taj Mahal cut a massive chunk out of our budget but it was beautiful (750rs each). Unfortunately as soon as we had made it through the gates I felt reasonably ill. "What happens if I'm sick on the Taj Mahal?"...."They'll probably arrest you." I then proceeded to find the toilets.
Unfortunately for Giselle her trousers split due to all the sitting i was wanting to do. She later found a safety pin at the steps of the Taj. (She took this as a good sign). We ended up splitting up as i was spending alot of time in the toilets and Giselle was spending alot of time not sitting down.
The toilets were not the nicest, the taps didn't work but the floor was covered in water which just annoyed me. There was also a lady out side who I think was wanting me to pay, I'm not sure, I wasn't going to though it would of cost me a fortune, and there was a sign saying tourists didn't have to pay which i pointed at angrily as i left.

Me and Gis met up later, "I like the Taj Mahal" Giselle stated, "I like the toilets" I meant to say I like the dogs. Oh well, it had been a long day.  That evening we watched the best bits of the cricket semi final, India against Pakistan, India won and there were a few fireworks. Well done India !
A young English man who was also watching the cricket broke one of the chairs when he sat on it which was pretty entertaining and me and Giselle had to refrain our selves from laughing to much.

The one thing I regret was not buying a mini Taj Mahal in a snow globe keyring. We joked about it but thought it may be a waste of our money (how wrong we were). We have been looking for two ever since.

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