Taj Mahal 3

A day in Agra

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December 7th 2008
OK. Agra is a bit better. Way less cars, way less chaos (of course, this is all in comparisson to Delhi). The traffic here consists of cars, tractors, auto-rikshaws, bicycle rikshaws, cows, camels, bikes, motorbikes, pedestrians, goats. I am sure I missed some, but that is pretty much what you get in the mix. Taj Mahal is worth every penny (and there is a lot of pennies involved). Mo ... 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