Living art

Agra, India. Home of the Taj Mahal. I arrived on friday afternoon and stayed on night because the Taj is closed on fridays. My hotel had a nice rooftop restaurant with an excellent view of the Taj. (by the way, in India almost every 'good hotel or guesthouse' has a rooftop restaurant). The next day I first went to the Agra Fort. Quite big and interesting. It is red in its majority, except for a temple in marble. It has good views of the Taj and it was were the king that built it lived his last years, because he was imprisoned there by his own son.

Here i befriended two europeans and we had lunch afterwards. Then I went with Tim, from Holand to the Taj. He had a private driver so that was cool. It was afternoon so we catch some sunset and was pretty neat!

We arrived from the south gate, straight to a pre courtyard, and then we crossed another entrance where the famous central water court begins. This and the geometric gardens walk with you as you got closer to the mausoleom. The Taj stands as an imposing mass with very fine details in every square centimeter. Its materials are timeless and its execution flawless. Its dimesions are majestic and the interiors are dark and quite. All in all, its a really fine work of art worth visiting.


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