The TAJ...

I don't want to fool anyone, and I wish to avoid exaggerating as well. But despite Agra is a beautiful city with plenty of monuments to see I will never forget what I felt when I had first had a look on the Taj Mahal. It really is a shock. As I had spent quite some time by that time India and I left Agra as the last station of my journey I thought that the Taj Mahal would be one more great monument just a bit better known. But in fact this guy is simply playing on another level.

I arrived to Agra after a really-really long and therfore exhausting bus ride. I was using local buses not those air-conditioned Volvos that cost four times as much. I am bit greedy on one hand on the other I was in India and it seemed more suitable. Anyway the show went on the same way: arrving, choosing a rickshaw driver, getting a hotel room and hiring the guy for my whole stay to drive me around.

I was very lucky because exactly in those two days I spent in Agra there was a festival taking place and for this occassion they made it free to visit the Taj Mahal. That usully costs 750 Rupees what is the amount I paid for my room for two nights. So I went there straight from the hotel and soon after my arrival in Agra I found myself on the walkway leading to the Taj. The park around the it is surrounded by massive walls. So I first got a sight of the dome only, and it believe it or not my heart started to beat faster. Then reached to the gate entered and it was laying right in front of me. It was breathtaking. It was around six p.m. the sun was to set the sky way wonderful and so the Taj. I simply couldn't turn my eyes away. I started to approach slowly, stopped every now and then to take photos but it was really... really... amazing... I feel a bit stupid writing about a building so much and in such a sacred tone it deserves all my praises. Please, please do a favour to Yourself, go and see the Taj!