Agra

We made it to the city of love! The taj Mahal is AMAZING...and HUGE..and fabulous and white!!! It is a relief to be out of Delhi and not hassle with the walas/touts. Guatemala has clearly prepped me for this trip...lots of bargaining and firm NOs.

Rich has the MOST AMAZING pajama and kurta (traditional men's wear...the shirt is at the laundry (and by that i mean sink/soap at our hotel room) but the pants he wore in today's TAJ MAHAL pictures.

I am turning into quite the collector of salwar kameezes (please see photos for HOT PINK addition). OH you won't believe the MONKEYS i wish we could get a picture but they jump out in front and then dart off VERY QUICKLY at first I thought it was a crazied dog but then BAM monkey face, tail, gone. Gigi would have barked. as usual.

I think we are off to Jaipur next. yeah i know what kind of travelers go to the desert in the HEAT of summer...the same ones who go to India during a Monsoon, duh.

Oh yeah, yesterday we had a rickshaw driver (cycle not bumper cart style) bikes us ALL AROUND AGRA it was pretty fun....for 150 rs (~3.60 bucks) he asked 20rs (50 cents) for about 5 hours worth of work if that gives you an idea of GDP.

We've eaten so much curry we might explode. today i drank the milk (in my coffee) so we'll see what happens....we're also downing water like triathletes (it was like 106+ yesterday and we're in pants).

big time besos
onward!
arcw

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