Taj Mahal Back Sunset 1

Drive to Agra and the Taj Mahal at Sunset

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September 26th 2017
We met our driver promptly for the drive to Agra which is about 233k. First we had to fight our way through the traffic in the southern part of New Delhi and I think we sneaked around the side of old Delhi before encountering the urban area of Noida. In Delhi we could see that the sky was blue, which was a surprise and I think an improvement over when I was there last, but as we drive south the ha ... 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