Having arrived in Agra yesterday afternoon we settled into our new hostel pretty quickly.
First impressions; Agra seemed to be like most towns we'd travelled through, lots of poverty, rubbish piled on the road sides, stray dogs and cattle roaming the streets and roads clogged with traffic, tuk tuks, bicycles and buses with people sitting on the tops.Water buffalo's wallowing in the mud and rubbish, barbers on the road side, children playing on mounds of debris and filth! It's quite emotional taking all this in as you travel through in the bus.
We were told by our guide not to go outside on our own, so we stayed in the confines of our hostel for the evening. To be honest we were tired out after all the travelling. Humidity was very high and the temperature was high 30's.Phew pretty sticky!! Cold showers were a godsend.
Today we have been so lucky to have visited one of the Seven Wonders of the World- the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort.
It was everything we expected and more! It looked so serene and beautiful. Needless to say we were snap happy with our cameras and took endless photographs, sitting on the seat 'Lady Diana' had sat on. Our guide took some funny and unusual photographs, which we will show you on our return!
We experienced some of the monsoon weather today too and got wet through at the Red Fort-it was quite refreshing though!
It is our last night in Agra and tomorrow morning we will move on to Delhi; another six hour coach journey. We are going to be staying next to the airport so that on Saturday we don't have too far to travel.
Our month away has flown over, we have experienced so many different situations, coped with new challenges and built new friendships. We are a very fortunate group of people to have travelled this far across the world and we hope everyone back in the UK will look forward to hearing all about our experiences and looking at our many photographs!!
I know we are all looking forward to coming back and to enjoying our home comforts once again.
Till Saturday we'll say 'cheerio' and see you at Newcastle airport about 10.00pm :)
sounds amazing what you've all done! looking forward to seeing your pictures!
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Sounds like a very special day. Actually that is the one day I wish I had been part of your group as the Taj Mahal must be a special sight to see! Take care and enjoy your last few hours in India. Looking forward to seeing you all on Saturday at the airport. Once again well done to all.
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