Chandrima's Travel Blog
DESTINATION: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
MONUMENT: Taj Mahal
5 QUICK FACTS:
1.Taj Mahal is one of the 8 wonders in the world.
(one of my Favorite Monuments)
2.The Taj Mahal was built out of a twisted story of love and admiration for a man's wife.
Shah Jahan built it for his wife a person princess named
Mumtaz Mahal.
3.Housing the Mosque and his wife's tomb within this Indo-Islam architecture.
4.There's 4 seperate entrances and exits for this magnificent mansion/castle/monument.
5. The Mahal was finsihed being built in 1645 AD and commissioned for 10 years.
Me sitting on a bench with The Taj Mahal in the far front.
MINI MEMORY BLURB:
I went to visit family members in india a few years back and finally got the chance to see the famous Taj Mahal. One of the world's 8th wonders. I was on the road with my aunt our friend and her two kids. We made a day trip out of it. How it made me feel. If you're a tall person you make me feel like you're a beanstalk but you have no powers when you step into the architecture and the world of visual love. This massive feeling of how tiny we are and how we can leave a mark even after death of a story speaks volumes every single day throughout the globe and it felt beautiful to be able to experience this. It was scorching hot that day and our tour guide was hilarious. If you're desi then you know what "taka or pese loote " means, and if you don't it means that they like to scam and take your money. Keep this in mind for the story. so the tourguide outside of the gates was like yeah he can get us in for cheaper and do a whole tour and get in with all the ticket passes ( which was probably a lie because we realized he doesn't work with them and none of the agents know him) but we were like whatever we're here let's do something aside from looking everything up. Guides can get you further into places within the Taj. It was such a maginificent experience once you get over the little annoyances if you're American. I hate mosquitos but they LOVE me. I tried my best to come prepared that day because we knew it was going to be super long one. Remember when I said keep in mind that they like to scam at the end we didn't know if our tourguide was the scammer or the guy at the front gate collecting tickets to get in. LMAO. Maybe it was us since out of all the days we can wear selwaar kamiz or traditional clothing we all wore western clothing LMAO so you know what that means. We tried to get in for cheaper and they were like NO. PAY EXTRA NOW since yall tried to sneak in with a game plan. Idk what was worse the fact that I realized we were about to get caught cause the ticket agent started asking us individually questions or the fact that the tour guide really thought us not saying anything to him about the BS he was spewing was going to work since we needed something to do ,ahahahaha.I was like yeah we're fucked. There is a happy ending to this story though, after viewing the mahal and having a couple hearty laughs after paying way too many RS.we went to the marriot back in Dehli and has some good food.