Agra

We had heard some awful things about agra, mainly to go in see the Taj and GET OUT. But with such thoughts in our mind we were expecting the worst, and in fact were pleasantly surprised. Apart from our hostel being the worst so far (by quite a way) we were quite happy to wonder around and get our bearings. Our bus had arrived at midday so we had a lot of time to settle before heading to watch the sunset over the Taj Mahal. With vague directions as to where to go, it was pure chance we stumbled across the boat house which was almost deserted and had the most phenomenal view of the Taj from the river, the sun setting behind it. Why the crowds don't flock to this area I have no idea (possibly because the small, rickety boat is 20 years old and while one man rows the other is constantly bailing water out). We certainly didn't mind as we took the most lovely photographs, especially Emi and Mi on their pro cameras. We sat in the river for half an hour watching the sun slowly go down.