Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Tuesday April 28 - Travel to Agra from Jaipur











The Truck picked us up after breakfast around 8:00 a.m. and we left our hosts and travelled to Agra. It was a very hot day and most on the Truck were affected by the incredible heat. You could feel the sweat trickling down your spine, and everytime we got up out of our seats it looked as if we had wet our pants because they were soaking with perspiration. It starts cool, though, and early morning is a special time. Again after4:0o p.m. the air starts to cool down. After the -15C in Canada, I am certainly not complaining, in fact, I quite love it. Of course you have zero energy and we drink about 3 to 4 litres a day of water, hardly go to the loo, and throw water over ourselves at every opportunity. We stopped a couple of times in the morning along the way, then stopped for lunch after which we had a rickshaw ride in the Bharatpur Provincial Park. The rickshaws made me uncomfortable asI felt so badly that someone is struggling to cycle us in the sweltering heat. The route wasn't overly pretty,butwe did see some antelope and delightful birds.

We drove another 40 miles to Fatehpur Sikri where we had a tour and another palace. Quite frankly, its all beginning to mold into one gigantic scene and we are hping that after tomorrow at the Taj Mahal our palace/fort visits inIndia will be reduced.

After the palace, we drove to Agra and arrived at our hotel about 7. We collapsed in the room, showered, went to the restaurant for a quick bite to eat, then bed.

Just as we got into bed, there was an amazingly loud singing and fireworks. I looked out of our window and the groom was just arriving at his wedding in the building opposite. He arrives by horseback on a white, elaborately adorned horse, andthe fireworks welcome his arrival. It all subsided in about 10 minutes but was thrilling to watch.

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