Shekhawati and the Taj Mahal

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January 13th 2019

Published: January 13th 2019

ok, we are now in Bangkok and flying out this afternoon to Hanoi for a week. I am determined to get a blog posted before we leave, because otherwise it will be at least another week. India - i have a million thoughts on it, but for now I have posted some of my favorite pics. To the surprise of both of us, we thoroughly enjoyed our time in India. We ended up spending a month and truly could hav... Read Full Entry

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Taj inlaid stone

lots of monkeys at the Taj

Sandstone, black and white marble detail of the mosque

next to the Taj

Just the massive size of the entrances

this one to the mosque next to the Taj

24 yrs later taken at the same spot

Agra fort entrance

marble with jewel inlays in the fort, later used extensively for the Taj

And the beautiful marble plates for sale

Finally saw one dance, unfotunately he had shed most of his beautiful plume

'waiting for the train'

view out our train window

Street scene in Nawalgarh

No, its still not quite what i am looking for....

Men playing cards in Jaipur

Enormous Amer fort in Jaipur

'Proper' way to enter Amer fort in Jaipur

no, we walked

Entrance to Amer fort

Inside the fort

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your hand determines all ailments....

Just one of so many families we met

They were quite thrilled we had visited their hometown of Bikiner

Yep, still a street scene

16th January 2019

Grant Wiegert
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India What Color
Hi Ed and Michelle: Glad you are enjoying yourselves and again in the future I will be consulting. I love the colors too and imagine the smells in the markets with the spices would be nice. Not much else to say with Fat Cheeto not wanting to end the shutdown. The costs are piling up because of this idiocy and tantrum the three year old in a 73 year old body is throwing. McConnell is also responsible but he is so twisted he will do what Trump and Fox News wants. Have fun in Hanoi. Grant

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