Some strange stupa. Didn't get a good shot.
Entry Gate to Taj Mahal - 22 domes for 22 years construction and 20,000 laborers
More Taj Royal gate
Taj Royal Gate
Looking at the Taj Through The Gate. The haze is Smog. It has changed the white marble a smokers yellow.
Me and the Taj
The Taj Mahal
A beautiful edifice. Takes a lot of love to build a tomb like this for your 3rd wife
Sha Jahan's Private Mosque. Still Functional
The Taj and one of its Towers
This tower actually has a 5 degree lean from a earthquake
Looking back at the Royal gate
The Royal gate
The Mosque
close up of inlay and carving work
Close up of inlay stones and gold. The green is jade, the red is corellian, and the agate is in the flowers. Its actually prettier inside but you can't take a picture
The Quran verses are in inlaid black stone
beautiful architecture
One of the Mosques Minarets
Part of the Mosque
The leaning tower and the guide, Singh
Sacred, and dirty, Yamuna river with feilds in the flood plain. Notice people washing in the river
farmers,a nd trash in the flood plain.
The Royal Guest Appartments
back at the Gate
I really like the Architecture
Royal Appartments
heading Out
Just another shot or 2.
I like this one.
A beautiful place
A local camel. there are lots here.
Camel and Cart
a gorgeous inlay table.
Shah Jahan's royal appartment with his daughters houses on the side
The Royal Apartment
A real cool tower at Agra Red fort
Shah Jahan's personal tower for where he could view the Taj Mahal.
Red Fort
Red Fort and Royal Apartments
Red Fort and Royal Appartments
Mr. Singh, my guide
Typical cow in the midst of town
Creating a hand knotted rug
Incredible workmanship
I want to buy one next time.
my favorite rug
Red Fort Agaiin
In a moving car
Peanut Vendor
Fruit Seller from a moving car.
Emperor Akhbars tomb
Gate to the Tomb.
Incredible work.
Here I am at Akhbars tomb
Looking into the gate
What this place is.
Looking at the Tomb
Akbars Gate.
Akhbars Gate
Green feilds and Huts
Huts in the feilds
The India I imagined
A Taj Copycat temple
Turns out it is illegal to copy the Taj
Not sure of its name
The air is much clearer here
Indian Vendors and Donkey Cart
Another Donkey Cart. they are everywhere.
Me out in the feilds near the temple.
Here I am
Looking down the alley
Dang monkeys everywhere
Checkin stuff out.
Monkey in a tree
Sup Fool
Chillin like a villian. I was told these monkeys are mean
Mokey Butt
Monkeys!
Krishna and his wife with angles gaurding
Krishna and his wife
Krishna and his wife, another view with Monk
Monk in front of 2 replicas of the founders of Hare Krishna
a statueof the founder. People pray to this guy.
White monk blowing conch.
caucasian monk
you can't take pictures of yourself in the temple. I got thrown out because of this.
A small temple in the middle of nowhere
more huts
Night falls in India
Busy in the fields
A small town whizzes by.