India Update

Day 17   Delhi to Agra

After deciding to finally go to sleep and thinking that maybe I wouldn't have a room mate, she finally arrives at 2.45am! I had to wake up and have a little chat with her and then we went to sleep about 30mins later. We had a really early start, waking up at 4.30am! We got a tuc tuc to Delhi station with all our bags inside it too - it was surprisingly spacious! We boarded an AC2 class train to Agra which was actually really nice, totally different to what I had been expecting from the Indian trains. It was really clean and had lots of legroom. We had a complimentary breakfast which was basically curry and spicey bread which I didn't really feel like so early. As the train went along the tracks we went past 100s of people going to the toilet on the tracks and people just walking up and down tracks, we even went past several tent camps on the lines. The journey took 2hr30 and was pleasant. Once off the train it was very busy and we got into tuc tucs again to go to the hotel located underneath costa coffee and next to pizza hut which was rather convenient! We dropped off our stuff and then proceeded to the Baby Taj which was very pretty and then we headed to the Red Fort. The Red Fort is where Shah Jahan who built the Taj Mahal was imprisoned by his son for the last years of his life in a tower with a view of the Taj Mahal to taunt him. It was really amazing and the view from the tower was spectacular. We then had lunch at pizza hut which much to my disappointment was not the Pizza Hut we know at home. I did some washing after that - my daily ritual as my room mates notice, I do a small quantity of washing everyday even if it's just undies whereas rveryoe else seems to do a mass wash once a week or every 2 weeks. I wish I had clean clothes, I long for the smell of clean washing and washing powder not soap cleaned clothes.. At 4pm we went to the Taj Mahal for sunset. AMAZING. It literally took my breath away. It is the most beautiful piece of architectual design I've ever seen. It's amazing and beautiful and spectacular. I loved it so much. Possibly the most amazing thing I've seen although I'cve already seen so many wonderful things. We then went for a meal on a rooftop restaurant sitting outside on floor cushions (the Indian way), I had a lovely meal of chicken makhani and pancakes and ice cream, SO GOOD. BYE.x