Shez in an alcove in the Taj Mahal

The Spectacular Taj Mahal

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December 12th 2010
Trains in India get booked up months in advance, especially during the Indian holiday (December & January - the months we’re visiting). So with waiting lists well in to their 100s we decided on taking a bus to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. A mere 3hrs the sales man said (we know their game and sneakily added on another 2hrs). Ha, little did we know that 3 hrs actually means 7 hrs. After a 5am ... 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