3 Weeks Across Incredible India

Travel time: January 2009  |  by Michael Honsel

Agra

Day 15 - 23. January 2009

This day I went up by 5 am to catch the train to Agra at 6:15am. Faiz wanted to join me but the train was sold out and he could not get a ticket. The interior of this train was like a German Intercity Train and breakfast was included.
The train went very fast and at 8:15am I arrived at Agra and my first destination was the Taj Mahal.

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal from side

Taj Mahal from side

Mosque at side of Taj Mahal

Mosque at side of Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal from other side

Taj Mahal from other side

The Taj Mahal is very beautiful.

Later I went to Fort Agra which is also a "Must See".

inside Fort Agra

inside Fort Agra

inside Fort Agra

inside Fort Agra

inside Fort Agra

inside Fort Agra

inside Fort Agra

inside Fort Agra

View of Taj Mahal from Fort Agra

View of Taj Mahal from Fort Agra

inside Fort Agra

inside Fort Agra

In the afternoon I finished visiting Taj Mahal and Fort Agra and went to Akbar's Mausoleum because I had some time left for my evening train back to Delhi.

Akbar's Mausoleum

Akbar's Mausoleum

In the evening I went back to Delhi and was very tired after this long day. The city of Agra is very dirty and everybody tries to sell you something. I can recommend to stay in Delhi and go to Agra just for a day.

Day 16 - 24. January 2009

The morning I met Faiz to watch and share photos and listen to Indian music. In afternoon we went to the cinema in a huge shopping mall and watched the Oscar nominated Bollywood movie "Slumdog Millionaire" which was showed in English version.
In the early evening I went to Old Delhi Train Station to catch the night train to Jaisalmer. This time I went on class AC2tier and it was very quiet and comfortable.

inside Old Delhi Train Station

inside Old Delhi Train Station

© Michael Honsel, 2009
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The trip
 
Description:
A trip to India to visit Mumbai, some parts of Kerala, Goa, Delhi, Agra, Jaisalmer and Jodhpur
Details:
Start of journey: Jan 09, 2009
Duration: 3 weeks
End of journey: Jan 31, 2009
Travelled countries: India
The Author
 
Michael Honsel is an active author on break-fresh-ground. since 19 years.
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