Agra, 01/21

So far, the tour has been good. The people on it with me a really quite lovely. However, like with the last tour with this company to volunteer, I feel like I'm being ripped off. I don't really think I'm getting what I paid for... I found a cockroach in my shower this morning. And there was a cockroach in the mall today... Looking forward to getting out of Agra and wondering if ill be able to sleep or if ill be looking around for creepy crawlies...
Anyway! Yesterday we went for a walk in Delhi and went to a mosque and a Sikh temple. Sikh temples have, in the back, what they call a community kitchen. Any person from any religion or caste can go into the community kitchen and eat and people cook and eat there 24 hours a day. It is a fantastic system, especially in this country. Volunteers can just come in and help cook and serve any time:

All day long, people sing hymns.

This morning we left the hotel at 6:30 AM to watch the sun rise at the Taj Mahal!






It was absolutely beautiful.






Obligatory Taj Mahal photo.






The Taj is decorated with inlays of precious and semi precious stones in the white marble.


We had to cover our shoes to go around inside the Taj.

Also, we went to Agra Fort and the "baby Taj."






















All pictures of the Agra Fort, used by the Indian military and used to house the royal family.







"Baby Taj."

Location:SH62,,India