Yesterday was a wonderfully busy day! We started by taking a 4 hour bus ride to Agra and by 4 hours I mean Long Ass Bus ride. We first started by visiting Akbar's Tomb and the Agra fort...both of which were intricate in detail and giant in scope. But the piece de resistance was yet to come...the Taj Mahal. We decided that we would stop and take a breather on the balconies of the Monument and proceeded to lay on the ground and take in the scene. Within a few short minutes we were surrounded by Indian families who were hoping to have their pictures taken with foreigners, yet again...I don't know if you know this but we're kind of a big deal around here. We took in the many spectacles around including a Korean dance routine on the top of the Taj Mahal...We are sure if you check You Tube someone will have posted it by now. On our way back to the bus we were swarmed at the gates like a kid on a Smartie by the Hawkers who almost had us convinced that the t-shirts they were selling that read Taj Mehall were the real thing...Nadia bought 7 for 100 ...who can pass up a good deal. We were then taken to a marble store where they demonstrated the art of marble inlay. They then proceeded to take us to the show room where a small tooth fairy box could cost a mere 300 dollars...a small price to pay for a precious moment, wouldn't you agree Nadia? Some left with more than others but no one left empty handed. Our final stop of the day found us at a good old standard...Pizza Hut. This one was a little classier because they sold beer. (And by saying it's classier that totally doesn't negate the......
Interjection. Hello there, my name is Jeff and I am not a frequent blog writer, but I thought that it would be a good thing if I added my two cents. We are writing from a computer room that has less square footage than most Russian gulags... and by that, I mean Ukrainian urinals. In any case, I am grateful to have met these folks on the trip; I am not entirely sure what to make of them especially since the women seemed to have purchased an exceptional number of copies of the Kama Sutra... One of the gentlemen offered me the opportunity to take it to the washroom for five minutes alone to determine whether I would want to purchase it or not. I declined, since I neither needed to use the washroom nor needed the .... insights. Okay, I need to go. Here in Rajgastaniskie (or wherever we are) there is a roof top bar that overlooks the McDonalds... I know, despite what they say about the hard life we're having here in India... ask them about the Room Service at 2 am.
use of the word). It is here that Nadine shared with the group that her birthday's is just around the corner, so we promptly let the wait staff know so they could sing to her....NOT THE CASE IN INDIA. The manager and the waiters organized a dance routine which they performed in the restaurant with Nadine for all the customers. Indians truly are very happy people. Lloyd also took it upon himself to purchase a bottle of local wine for the group to sample. He really shouldn't have. Really. He shouldn't have. It did have a nice chewy texture though.
Roger that,
Anna, Nadia and Andrea
*Special Guest appearance by Jeff*
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