Road to Taj Mahal

There are so many things I want to blog before writing this post but my friend (who will remain unnamed) told me that she would write her post before she loses the zest of writing about it. I realized that I should do the same. So here it goes............

Last weekend in India, me and my colleagues decided to go to one of the seven wonders of the world - Taj Mahal. We had everything setup by a wonderful Indian lady (who will remain unnamed again) and came Friday morning we are with our bags on our way to New Delhi. To go to Taj Mahal from Calcutta, you have to fly to New Delhi then ride a train or bus to Agra. Or you can ride a train from Calcutta to Agra. We do not have time to ride a train so we took a plane and flew to New Delhi. In Delhi, a man met us in the arport and drove us for 6 hours to Agra. We reached Agra around 10PM. We stayed in a hotel called Howard Park Hotel and slept the whole night.

Itmad-ud-Daula's Tomb

Early morning, we had an Indian breakfast and off we went to tourist spots in Agra. A man by the initials of T. D. guided us in the tour. We started with Itmad-ud-Daula's Tomb also known as Baby Taj. They call it baby Taj because some of the designs were taken from the building.
Below is a photo of me and my colleagues.

This is me trying to get a photo of myself.
Below are two of the many tombs inside baby Taj.

After taking hundreds of photographs we started our way out of Baby Taj. On our way ouut, a reported came by and asked T.D. if they can have a picture of us for Valentines' Day. I told them I don't really mind so they gave me a rose and I went kneeling down in front of my female colleague. They said they will publish the photo after 2PM. We checked it after 2PM and we are on page 3. (http://www.dlamedia.com/epapermain.aspx?queryed=9&eddate=2%2f14%2f2009)
Let me explain what the Hindi text written below. The blue text says, "Will you be my Valentine?" The remaining black texts said something like,"a guy proposes her love to the lady in Itmad-ud-Daula's Tomb" hahahaha.. The funny part is, the other photo is a group in Agra against Valentines so if they see us roaming around the city they might confront us. hahahah.. 5Pm that day, we dropped by a store and the a guy with a DLA newspaper asked me, "Is this you?" I smiled and answered, "yeah". Wow I feel like a celebrity.nyahahahaha.. [go to go so more to come later]