I was very excited about seeing the Taj Mahal. It is something that seems so mystical and is definetely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
We got to Agra the day before we wanted to see the Taj as we wanted to see it early in the morning. This meant that I had the afternoon to wander around Agra. I really enjoy just walking around the Indian cities. The people are much more open than at home and, although it is openly curious, I have on the whole stopped minding. I got a massive grin out of a young girl who was looking at my kurta shulwal and seemed slightly bemused by the fact a white person was wearing Indian clothing!
And the next morning we saw the Taj. It's not something that is easy to explain, it looks like all the photos (obviously) but it is completely different actually seeing it for real. It's an amazing building and fully deserves to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World. You enter through one of the gateways and the walls are built so you can't see the Taj from outside. This means the first sight you get of it is when you walk through the archway and see the water lined by trees leading up to the Taj Mahal. It's very cleverly built and is an absolutely amazing sight.
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