Oct 13, 2009 - India Tours Agra

com">India Tours Agra is a home to one of the seven wonders of the world; the Taj Mahal. ...

Tours to Agra comprises of visit to the Taj, Agra Fort, Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah, Sikandra and Fatehpur Sikri. ... com">India Tours Agra are treat for all history lovers and artistic minds. ... Agra is a home to the marvelous marble wonder, the Taj Mahal. ... Also renowned asthe city of the Taj, Agra is 200 km from the capital city of India, Delhi. ...

Oct 11, 2009 - Taj Mahal

Early start this morning, up at 5.Early start this morning, up at 5....

Oct 10, 2009 - Amazing Agra !!

The train from Jaipur was the shortest to date (only 6 hrs), assisted by the company of a little baby girl with the cutest and biggest eyes we have ever seen, she was the happiest baby ever and was entranced by us for the whole journey smiling at us all throughout. Stares were down to a minimum, either that or were getting used to it !! Landed at Agra expecting to be collected by the hotel. ... After standing in the baking sun for 20 mins or so, we gave in to the taxi driver who bugged us the most called Ali Baba (I kid you not) and he took us the the Taj Ganj area of Agra. ... Taj Ganj is to the south of the Taj Mahal and is where the builders of it lived during its constuction.The train from Jaipur was the shortest to date (only 6 hrs), assisted by the company of a little baby girl with the cutest and biggest eyes we have ever seen, she was the happiest baby ever and was entranced by us for the whole journey smiling at us all throughout. Stares were down to a minimum, either that or were getting used to it !! Landed at Agra expecting to be collected by the hotel. ... After standing in the baking sun for 20 mins or so, we gave in to the taxi driver who bugged us the most called Ali Baba (I kid you not) and he took us the the Taj Ganj area of Agra. ... Taj Ganj is to the south of the Taj Mahal and is where the builders of it lived during its constuction....

Oct 9, 2009 - Agra

3 million people, Agra felt much smaller, but was more touristy (because of the Taj Mahal), than Jaipur. ... We liked the guesthouse so opted for the relatively cheap option of hiring a car and driver for the duration of our stay in Agra. ... Other stops within Agra included a Sikh temple (our first visit to a Sikh temple), a sunset view of the Taj from the Mehtah Bagh (a Mughal-style garden), and the Agra Fort and Palace (we won't mention the inevitable carpet factory and trinket shop stops that are on every Indian cab drivers itinerary (regardless of what the paying client wants)). ... Other sights were Fatehpur Sikri (a "ghost city" that was Agra's capital between 1571-85) and Deeg (a summer water palace that was inhabited up until the 1950's and has it's interior and original furniture still intact). ... From Agra, we hopped on an overnight train bound for Varanasi. ...

Aug 24, 2009 - The Taj Mahal is far from overrated!

Unfortunately it was a big travel day too (Fly from Leh to Delhi, then drive 5-hours to Agra). ... Luckily, with a lot of help from Jane we made it to Agra, after about 15 hours. ... We also saw the Agra fort (also very beautiful), with lots of marble-work similar to the Taj Mahal (and a beautiful view of Taj). ...

Aug 22, 2009 - The Crown Palace...

I took the 1:30pm train (by sleeper car) to Agra and arrived by 4:00pm. ... I had already booked my hotel and had arranged for a driver to meet me at the station, because I had heard how the Agra train station (and city itself) is full of touts, thieves and beggars. ... In fact, I felt safer and was hassled less in Agra than any other place in India. ... His English was fairly good and he was an excellent ambassador to Agra. ... I returned to my hotel for a quick nap and then called Salim to take me to the other sights within Agra: Akbar's Tomb, the baby Taj Mahal, and the Red Fort (yes Agra has one too). ...

Aug 19, 2009 - Agra and Gwalior

Left Jaipur yesterday at 8am and, at about 30 kms out, got sent off on a detour to avoid a religious demonstration - down a road like no other for about 25 kms. Total trip to Agra was about 250kms. ... Arrived Agra, Hotel Atithi, about 2pm, had a quick lunch then off to the Agra Fort and Taj Mahal. ... What a beautiful structure the Taj is - Arabic onyx inlaid 1 1/2" in the white marble and semi-precious stones, 1mm thick, glued into 3mm grooves.Left Jaipur yesterday at 8am and, at about 30 kms out, got sent off on a detour to avoid a religious demonstration - down a road like no other for about 25 kms. Total trip to Agra was about 250kms. ... Arrived Agra, Hotel Atithi, about 2pm, had a quick lunch then off to the Agra Fort and Taj Mahal. ... What a beautiful structure the Taj is - Arabic onyx inlaid 1 1/2" in the white marble and semi-precious stones, 1mm thick, glued into 3mm grooves....

Aug 6, 2009 - Taj Mahal Tours

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Jul 15, 2009 - Ciekawy poranek w Agrze

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Jul 6, 2009 - Agra

Today we went to Agra for a weekend trip to visit the sites in the city. ... While on the way we visited Humayun tomb's (the grandfather of the king who built the Taj Mahal) Once in Agra, we UNFORTUNATELY woke up at 5:00 am to see the Taj Mahal at sunrise. ... After we visited the Taj, we visited Agra Red Fort and Sikandar. ...

Jun 8, 2009 - The Taj Mahal and the Red Fort

After the Taj I made a quick stop to the Agra Fort before heading to Jaipur. ... The Agra Fort, or Red Fort of Agra, was built in approximately 1000AD, although the exact date isn't known. ... It was an important centre for the Mughal Empire, especially when Agra became the second capital in the late 1400s. ... It was first lived in by Sikander Lodi in the late 1400s and early 1500s, who was the first sultan of Delhi to shift to Agra. ...

Jun 7, 2009 - Agra and the Mughal Tombs

After a seven hour bus to Agra packed with locals and airconditioning on the blink, I finally arrived in Agra, home of the Taj Mahal, about two hours late. ... If I thought Delhi was hot, then Agra is roasting! I was sure the temperature is in the high fourties and this was confirmed by my tour guide, who said it was around 48 degrees. ... On hopping off the bus, thanking my lucky stars I wasn't one of those tourist just doing a day trip to Agra (most people were heading back to Delhi later, are they mad??) I was accousted by a guy claiming to work for the bus company, and offering to take me around to the sites of Agra in the afternoon, with his rickshaw driver. ... Aside fromt the Taj Mahal, there are a lot of other sites to see around Agra, including many tombs and museoleums from the Mughal Empire, which began in the 1520s. ...