Flowers at the Taj

Agra burned a hole in my pocket.

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September 6th 2008
September 1, 2008 My stomach began to hurt at breakfast and didn’t stop for the next couple days. Dale called me the zombie because every chance I had to sit down at the Mehrahgarh Fort I did. It cost 250Rs (5$) to get in, and included an audio tour. The tour was fantastic and really informative. It was a beautiful fort with amazing views of the blue city below. There were so many ... 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