Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal - More touts than tuk-tuks

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September 17th 2006
Up at a bleary eyed 5am to catch the Shatabdi Express out of New Delhi station. Managed to find the right platform, coach and jump on a moving train! Train is excellent and quick and have been fed well with tea, biscuits, spicy potato rosti and peas. Journey only takes 2 hrs and is very comfortable indeed - highly recommended. Agra is much calmer than Delhi but still very hectic! Many touts des ... 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