Transport
We got the train from Sawai Madhopur to Agra, leaving at 11am and arriving at about 3pm. As we departed the train station we literally were bombarded with Rickshaw and Taxi drivers!
We got the train from Sawai Madhopur to Agra, leaving at 11am and arriving at about 3pm. As we departed the train station we literally were bombarded with Rickshaw and Taxi drivers!
Accommodation
We stayed at Zostel in Agra. This is a chain of hostels accross india and are actually pretty neat! Although unlike moustache in jaipur and Dehli, there is no breakfast included and there is also no kitchen area, but plenty of communal seating and a really good vibe. It was nice to have somewhere chilled to spend time while at Agra as I think it would be easy to be overwhelmed otherwise!
We stayed at Zostel in Agra. This is a chain of hostels accross india and are actually pretty neat! Although unlike moustache in jaipur and Dehli, there is no breakfast included and there is also no kitchen area, but plenty of communal seating and a really good vibe. It was nice to have somewhere chilled to spend time while at Agra as I think it would be easy to be overwhelmed otherwise!
What we did
The Taj Mahal!
We only stayed the one night and were leaving the next day so there was not really time to do too much more. I mean we could've fit in more, like the fort. But we had seen lots of forts by this point so weren't really bothered!
The Taj Mahal!
We only stayed the one night and were leaving the next day so there was not really time to do too much more. I mean we could've fit in more, like the fort. But we had seen lots of forts by this point so weren't really bothered!
The night we arrived we went to a rooftop bar with a view of the Taj and had drinks and dinner. We got there at the tail end of sunset, but it was still pretty nice! We woke up before sunrise the next day in the hope of catching a view from the river. We had heard there were boats you could take in order to get a good view and even that the other side of the river had a picturesque garden you could view it from. We didn't want to pay the 750rs to get in more than once so presumed these other options would be fairly obvious from approaching the Taj.
However....we were wrong and annoyingly could not find any necessary information regarding them. So we saw the Taj from the riverside, but were far too close to get a view of anything. So annoyed and tired we headed back yo tge hostel for breakfast and a nap before heading out again.
However....we were wrong and annoyingly could not find any necessary information regarding them. So we saw the Taj from the riverside, but were far too close to get a view of anything. So annoyed and tired we headed back yo tge hostel for breakfast and a nap before heading out again.
When we finally got the the Taj Mahal in the late afternoon (to avoid the earlier crowds as well as possibly view sunset) we took an audio guide and strolled around learning about this iconic building!
It really is breathtakingly beautiful!
Then we had a very yummy dinner before heading to the train station for our night train to Varanasi!
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