Reporting from Agra
Another early morning today as we headed out on our five-hour bus ride to the ancient Mogul capital of Agra. Fortunately, we decided to stay the night there, instead of making it a day trip. Regardless, we’ve been racking up our bus time… The bus ride gave us another opportunity to shop at an opportunistic tourist shop along the highway, so that’s good.
A note about driving in India. First, there are no freeways and the traffic along the highways generally crawls along at about 70kph. You do get to see a number of exciting sights though: monkeys, elephants, camels, herds of sheep, temples, etc. Commercial vehicles are generally only licensed to operate in one state, so at every border we had to stop to purchase a license allowing the bus to continue. I would have guessed that this would impede interstate commerce, but it doesn’t seem to be too significant. Almost all the trucks have “Blow Horn” or the like written on their tailgates and the other motorists comply gladly.
How was the Taj Mahal?
-Spectacular
Did you take lots of pictures?
-Yes
(Pictures are worth a thousand words)
Obligatory Taj solo picture
Apparently, the Taj makes people jump for joy! (Sorry Carlyn...)
I think we were meant to look tough in this picture