The Taj from our rooftop

Agra and the most beautiful building in India

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October 22nd 2009
Hey Guys! Well another tearful goodbye to the Sheraton behind us and we're in Agra, which is where the Taj Mahal is. We almost never made it as we ended up traveling by train from Jaipur to Agra and it wasn't until we were on the train did we realize that we had actually bought wait listed tickets for the sleeper class instead of the 2nd class seating. It all worked out fine (after trying to ... 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