Allahabad, Agra and Delhi

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Hello friends and family!!!!!!!!!
Hope you are well. We are in Udaipur after spending a week in Pushkar. We are both doing really well and we met some really chilled out Norwegian guys.
India is really starting to grow on us. Down is up and up is down. You can always expect the unexpected. It is just so totally different than how we go about our lives back in the United States.
I am including pictures from Allahabad, a holy city where the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers meet. People make a pilgrimages to this city and take boats to bath in the holy site.
Also there are a few pictures from Agra, home of the Taj Mahal. We did not go in but it is pretty from a distance too. We were sick most of the time we were in Agra. So, mostly, we saw the inside of our hotel room.
There are pictures from Delhi at the end of the bunch. Delhi is a big, giant city. It is more westernized than the other places that we have been, but it is definitely still India with cows roaming city streets and vendors selling everything you can dream of. The poverty is really evident here and it is not unusual to see 2 year olds begging in the streets. Still it is an interesting place and we had a good time in Delhi.
I will get more pictures up soon.
We love you all
Rachel and Sean

ps. I need Megan Mullinger and Mark Mueller's home addresses. Email them to me.

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Photos

Taj Mahal from our rooftop
about as close as we got to it

Fruit vendor
Agra

Bahai Temple
Delhi

Walking to the Bahai Temple
This temple is one of 7 in the world. Another, is in Willmette. The religion attempts to be all inclusive.

Auto Rickshaw
popular form of transport, like a taxi

India Gate
Memorial to Indian Soldiers in Delhi

Boats at India Gate park
Families celebrating Ghandi's Birthday, a national holiday

Red Fort
Delhi

Comments

[Jimmy]

Fenomenal
The Taj and photos are truly amazing. I loved your comment up is down and down is up.....Our perspective can inform our thinking sooooomuch and your thinking is now broadening due to your experiences--THANKS FOR SHARING!! Stay strong!

[Beth Smith]

Greetings from the Smith's
Dear Rachel and Sean: We are all following your trip with great interest. Thanks for including us on the blog. This is an experience of a lifetime for you. Safe journey and our thoughts and prayers are with you.

[Mary Guinn]

Thank you
Absolutely love your travelblogs. Hope you are enoying your travels as much as I am reading and seeing pictures about them. Thanks so very much for including me in your e-mail. Mary

[Diane]

Good to hear from you
Just when I begin to worry, I get a message from you and once again marvel at all the sights that you are experiencing. I love hearing from you and seeing the photos. I know next to nothing about India but am learning from you. My friend and coteacher, Joan, has a daughter working in India. Wish we could get you together with Molly. Nick just turned 65(!!!!) and of course I held a party. Colleen and Lisa were great helps. My Chicago family is smaller than ever and soon Colleen will be moving to Milwaukee so I am enjoying every day that I can with her. Young Nick came in for a retreat and joined Nick, Jason and Ben for a golf scramble at Cog Hill on Saturday followed by a birthday party at our house. Altogether, Nick had a great birthday and felt very loved and appreciated. He even got a cake from Maddy and Lily! What an amazing adventure you are on and it seems very strange to be hearing about life in foreign lands as we take one day at a time here in Lake Forest. I miss you and send you much love. Diane