We left Delhi by public bus and endured 6hrs of bad roads and dusty air before arriving in Agra that night. We took a rickshaw to Taj Ganj, an area only about 2 minutes from the Taj Mahal itself and had no trouble finding a decent hotel, with an impressive view of the Taj from it's rooftop terrace. Agra, we had been warned, is not a town worth sticking around in and we soon realised that the standard of the food was enough to drive anyone away! But we were lucky to find one nice, family owned, restaurant with a fairy-lit terrace and pretty much ate all our meals there. (Unfortunately for Sarah, we didnt eat ALL our meals there and now, 4 days later, she's sick with the infamous Delhi Belly!). Our first night, we
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