Agra
We took an uncomfortable train to Agra for a day. The whole trip was pretty awful and the mood was just not right. The day was very hot and when I got off the train I was not in the mood to haggle with auto rickshaw drivers. I was feeling off and I was getting some bad vibes.
All of that was erased when I saw the Taj Mahal. The second I walked through the huge main gate entrance, I was in complete shock. My eyes teared and I felt like 13 year old girl who had just met her favorite boy band. I finally comprehended why it is so amazing. It looks like a palace but it isn’t, it’s a mausoleum, a tomb for Shah Jahan’s favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. I could have sat in the gardens and stared that the Taj the whole afternoon.
I was in such a good mood, I didn’t mind all the people who claimed they were tourist guide and would bother us so that we would need their service. I also didn’t mind the long wait to get inside, the line wrapped around the Taj Mahal. I even got some of those cheesy touristy photos taken while I was there from one of those roaming photographers.
After visiting the Taj Mahal we went to the Agra Fort. I was so tired I didn’t explore much of the fort. It was extensive and had many rooms, it was more like a maze.
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