From Jaipur to Agra and the Taj Mahal, with several forts and mosques along the way. We spent a couple of days in Agra, quite a small town. As for the Taj...what a wonderful, wonderful legacy!! With such a well known icon, and so many pictures over so many years, you would think it would be very hard for the reality to live up to the expectations...but not so. The approach which we hadn't seen in pictures, was wonderful. There were three huge red and cream gates flanking the front and two sides of the Taj (the river was at the back). These were in themselves really beautiful. Then, the building itself it so stunningly graceful, light, elegant..it is absolutely glorious. We also went to a live show that evening, put on by a company of
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