Up and about . . . Jase’s 40th Birthday!! YAY!! Got some
great prezzies!!! Thanks!!!! Xoxoxo
Just another day though . . . . 8-)
Just another day though . . . . 8-)
After a sleep-in we headed out to walk and see the South and
West Gates to the Taj Mahal . . . Once
we got through the usual chaos it was quite relaxing as the gardens were quite
green and spacious . . . but yes, camels, cows and people are still scattered
everywhere but the ratio of clutter was less . . . .
In the afternoon we hook up again with P.C. for our tour of
the red fort. We activate our ‘Tony the
Tosser Tuk Tuk driver’ Avoidance Campaign
and walk around the corner to use another driver. We all jump in one on the corner and we are
off to the Red Fort. Like all the other
monuments and historical sights, the history is amazing . . . and we’ve learnt
a lot about the history on this side of the world, probably a bit too much in
some ways and it all merges together a bit.
P.C. is great though and handles our novice questions like a champ, and
not like he has answered them a million times before.
After the Red Fort we grabbed the same Tuk Tuk guy and
travel through some great little villages, through old Agra and end up at a Mughal
garden complex on the other side of the river that passes behind the Taj Mahal.
The views are awesome . . . so unique. It was also green . . . such a welcome
sight!
In the very foggy and cold temperatures of the evening we
head out to a great restaurant at the ITC Gardenia . . . . Wendy arranged it .
..and a great effort as arranging anything in the current hotel was hard work
if it could be achieved at all.
Wendy Comment Apparently ordering a bottle of champers to the room is a foreign concept and after 10 minutes of trying to explain I did not want to drink it ‘in the bar’ or did not want it ‘immediately’ but to be delivered at 7pm , to this room on this date, I just had to give up. By this stage there were already 4 staff members in the conversation and they were starting to talk more among themselves then to me. I gave up and booked dinner in another hotel and it was well worth it.
Wendy Comment Apparently ordering a bottle of champers to the room is a foreign concept and after 10 minutes of trying to explain I did not want to drink it ‘in the bar’ or did not want it ‘immediately’ but to be delivered at 7pm , to this room on this date, I just had to give up. By this stage there were already 4 staff members in the conversation and they were starting to talk more among themselves then to me. I gave up and booked dinner in another hotel and it was well worth it.
Only 10 freezing minutes down the road in a Tuk Tuk. Sadly we had to use Tony as he was first on the scene and it was too cold to walk around the corner. The trip consists of him telling us what a bad man P.C. is by using another driver and complaining that he saw us use other drivers also. He really is a pain! He offers to wait but we fob him off but fully expect to see him shivering outside when we leave. We have an awesome meal . Best Dahl Makani of the trip in Wendy’s opinion. . and Jase ‘pockets’ a small memento from the place . . Another great unique day . . ..
Below are some pics including the Hand Made & Knotted woolen
rug that is the Birthday present from Jase’s Mum & Dad. . .awesome . .
thanks! This is a lifetime item which is so superior in quality and is just
awesome!!!!! 8-)
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| P.C. (Puran Chand Updhyay) and Jase |
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| Awesome Wide View of the Taj Mahal from the gardens |
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| Some Dude chilling outside the fort . . .all day . . . |
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| Red Fort inside |
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| The Rug for my Birthday . . . the white tassles at the end will be removed and re-bound/stitched in blue like the sides. It's just Awesome!!!! |
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| From over the river . . .awesome! Not a common sight . . everybody is on the other side! A not well known view. |
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| Lost your hat Wendy? |
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| Outside the Fort and the worlds largest bathtub |
