The Taj Mahal - in all its glory

Agra: the Taj Mahal and some big news!!

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February 25th 2010
After our day at the bird sanctuary, we caught a train to Agra to spend a few days there and visit one of the most iconic monuments in India, the Taj Mahal. We rickshawed into the thick of it - Taj Ganj ('Taj market') - a bustling two-kilometer stretch which is about two blocks south of the Taj Mahal. We dodged the touts and cowpies and found a place away from the chaos of the main drag to call ... read more

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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