The Red Fort

The Red Fort

---

December 28th 2007
Blogger Dougo Driving from Delhi for 5 hours was a bit of a drag. We arrived in Agra at around 4pm just as the good afternoon light struck the red sandstone. The ticket office under the gate stops selling tickets at 5pm, so when we arrived, heaps of people were crowding around, totally ignoring the notion of forming an orderly line. One tiny little hole in the wall was totally surround ... read more

Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Agra

---

The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more