Stu - We left Jaipur early and drove to Agra, home of India's most popular tourist attraction the Taj Mahal. Before that we visited the impressive Agra Fort, also a UNESCO World Heritage site. Built by Akbar the Great (with a little help from 4000 workers) it was completed in 1573. With its first moat filled with crocodiles, a 30 foot wall, a second dry moat filled with tigers then a 40 foot wall, soldiers tipping boiling oil and water from the walls and giant boulders of death that could be rolled down the only entrance it's no surprise it was rarely attacked.
After the fort it was on to Agra's main event, the Taj Mahal. Even having seen hundreds of pictures of it nothing prepares you for how stunning it is when you walk through the huge entrance gates and see it for the first time. The inside if the mausoleum is impressive too but they try to cram so many people in at once it's not that pleasurable an experience. No matter though as the views of the outside more than make up for it.
After this it was back to the hotel, shower and out for dinner on a restaurant roof terrace.
Another great day.
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