Maj Mahal 8

Agra

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December 4th 2009
4th Dec - 5th Dec Agra is famous for the Taj Mahal and smelly open sewers... we came to see the former and hoped to evade the latter! We arrived on a Monday when the Taj is closed so we decided to do the sights around Agra with the help of a taxi driver we met at the railway station. The drivers English was good and he took us to a few hotels to review and compare rooms, a must when you ... 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