Agra Trip Dec 2013 - Part 2 (Taj Mahal)

Continued from Part 1............... TAJ MAHAL The next day was the Taj Mahal day. There are three entrances to the Taj. The East Gate (Fatehbadi Darwaza), West Gate (Fatehpuri Darwaza) and South Gate (Siddhi Darwaza). The South Gate is most popular among tourists as it is close to the Taj Ganj area, where most of the hotels are located. However, the ticket counter here opens only at 0800h. The ticket counters at the East and West...

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Agra Trip Dec 2013 - Part 1 (Agra Fort)

Okay, today we look at a Biggie......Theee (****Drums roll****) Taaaj Mahaaal (****Applause****). Everyone may not consider it so great, but then, it makes a regular appearance in every new list of Wonders of the World (Unfortunately, it was not around when the original list of 7 Wonders were compiled. The pyramids at Giza are the only one surviving out of those). So, last monday, we drove down to Agra with my cousin who had come over from...

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