This was a trip planned for 5 days to visit 4 places.. Night 1 was to come down to delhi from Bangalore by flight and roam around in Delhi in night and see the CWG(common wealth games) , India gate etc .. and all the posh areas .. So my friend whoz from delhi arranged for a cab to pick us up at airport at 11:45 in night and show us Delhi in night! Our driver was amazingly enthu about Delhi .. He looked very much like Imran Khan, the look that he has in Once upon a time in Mumbai .. We could not stop at any place as the security was tight and we did not want to get into trouble in middle of the night .. But the view of embassy and the houses and the India Gate and CWG was lovely in night .. By the time we reached back friends place it was 2 in night and we had to get up and leave early to agra .. so we just ate our lovely dinner.. Oh how could i forget !! The very special edition of dessert!! Imagine .. a rasgualla with ice cream and some chocolate sause with grated cadbusry silk chocolate with waffers .. Yummy!!!!!

The actual 1st day we had booked train shatabdi train from Delhi to Agra.. In A/C the journey is just perfect .. it takes around 3 odd hours .. Once at the station you can take an auto, to and fro costs around 100 bucks.. We had planned to only view the taj mahal and return back.. To view the Taj Mahal it takes 2 odd hours .. as you will need time to take pics posing in hundred different ways ;) .. For us it took another extra hour! Thanks to the hot sun, which made me really tired and water deprived.. all I needed was to sit in an a/c train .. he he ..

Should guilty seek asylum here,

Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin.

Should a sinner make his way to this mansion,

All his past sins are to be washed away.

The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs;

And the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes.

In this world this edifice has been made;

To display thereby the creator's glory.

The Taj Mahal complex is bounded on three sides by crenellated red sandstone walls, with the river-facing side left open. Outside the walls are several additional mausoleums, including those of Shah Jahan's other wives, and a larger tomb for Mumtaz's favorite servant.

But the center of attraction is the tomb , made up of the white marble.. The Taj Mahal was built first and took around 10 years, then the outlying buildings were constructed in the following 12 years. The entire complex is located in a beautiful 300 acre garden that has reflecting pools and walkways to connect all the buildings. After enjoying the beauty of love it was time to return back. For us we had very little time left so went back straight to the station. But if you guys have time to see a few more places, you can visit fatehpur sikri, sikandra Fort etc.. Here is a good link for that http://www.agraindiatourism.com/places-to-see-in-agra.htm.

Once back in Delhi, it was shower time.. and to catch our next bus to Manali ..

To Be Continued ...............