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Webby's Travel Blog - India

Written 27 May 2010, 19:39 by Paul

A few weeks back, I had a long weekend and decided to make the most of it and head to India to see the Taj Mahal. This would be my fourth wonder of the world to visit.

So we flew to Delhi. Unfortunately there was a mix up with our hotel and nobody was there to pick us up. Disaster. We got a taxi to the area we were staying in but there were barricades everywhere because of the commonwealth games. We ended up in some strange places but eventually got to our beds at about 5 in the morning.

Red Temple

After a bit of a lie in, we were all set to explore Delhi. What can I say about this city? It’s an intense experience. It sounds like a cliché, but from once you get there all your senses really are attacked. It’s loud, smelly and hot. There’s so much going on, you could just stick a camera anywhere and you wouldn’t know what shots you might snap.

Lads

Prayer Time

The Brothers

Scooter

Well!

Washin'

The food here is great. I decided to go veggie for the time I was there. It’s a hindu country so they don’t really do meat. In fact there’s no beef as you can’t kill a cow. It was strange to see a McDonalds menu with only chicken burgers. You can’t even chain a cow up. As a result cows are everywhere, a bit like stray dogs. However dogs are not massive lumbering things that get in the way of everything by deciding to just stop in two foot wide alley for no reason whatsoever. So I think it’s wise to stick to the kind of food they eat there. The vegetable and paneer (a kind of cottage cheese) curries are incredible. I still got Delhi belly though.

Herbs

So next it was the long, bumpy bus journey to Agra, home of the Taj Mahal. Along the way I was pleasantly woken by a monkey on a chain who was trying to climb in the window, but he turned out quite aggressive and horrible. It took us about 6 hours to get there. Not a pleasant trip.

When you finally get to see the Taj, it is all worth it. I wasn’t disappointed at all. It really is beautiful. It’s probably the prettiest man made object I’ve ever seen. You could look at it for hours.

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal

The story of its creation is really interesting too. Some mad king built it for his wife who apparently was very beautiful. Alas, she died giving birth to his 12th child I think. He then wanted to build a matching Taj in black across the river. That would’ve been class, but his son thought this was crazy so he threw him in jail. Also, interestingly it changes colour at different times of the day. The marble that they use is transparent and can only be found in this area.

So that was our very interesting and enjoyable trip to the Taj. Unfortunately I didn’t fall in love India in the way I would have liked to. But apparently I did not see the ‘real’ India, so I think I will have to take a more comprehensive trip there at some stage .

— Paul

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Leave a comment ...

  1. Great shots! I found the bit about the monkey very funny.

    — Dara · May 27, 08:02 PM · #

  2. I’d say it wasn’t very funny for Webby though!

    — Rob2D · May 27, 08:29 PM · #

  3. Some great pictures there, Webby. You should’ve gotten one of the monkey!

    — Gearóid · May 27, 09:48 PM · #

  4. Webby, did you get dysentery? And did it smell terribly in India?

    — THE FUTURIST! · May 30, 01:44 AM · #

  5. The monkey took me by surprise. No time for pictures. Didn’t get dysentery thankfully, and yes it smelled awful there. My nostrils will never be the same after it.

    — Paul · May 30, 12:35 PM · #

  6. Not even a mention of my name in the blog sickened…

    — Paudi · May 30, 07:11 PM · #

  7. Paul, you’ve grown.

    — NickWray · Jun 4, 12:35 PM · #

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