the taj mahal

i saw the taj mahal yesterday. it was superb. no words can describe its beauty. but i had a friend who said it was nothing but just a piece of marble. wat the hell man. no appreaciation for beauty at all. bout the history of the taj i wil write it some other time when im back in manipal. not much time now.

the taj i s one huge monument. if it looks big in pictures, it looks even biger real live. to fit the entire building into a picture, one must take the picture some 400ms away. the entire taj is made of marble. its interior contains carvings filled with semi precious stones that were looted by the british. they seem to be looting everything they see here. taking a proper picsture of taj requires a lot of patiences. there are so many ppl here which makes it real hard to take a proper pic. to enter the taj you need to pay rm75 if you are a non-indian. for indians you just pay RM2. sial!!kena pusing man!!!! but its worth it la. i've seen plenty of palaces in india. and its huge ok. bloody huge. it makes me think bout the palaces of the sultans in our country. even the houses for the maharajas' gundiks here looks better and bigger than the sultan of melaka's palace we have.

the taj mahal is located in the city of agra. it took me 40 hours by train from udupi to reach here. can die man. did nothing much but sleep, eat and read. there was this group of children which were freakin noisy man. playing catching in the freakin narrow train. feel like puting sleeping pills into their bloody food. arghhh...

agra is like a mini zoo by itself. there is plenty of animals to see. donkeys, camels, horses, buffolos(bigger than a Kancil car), cows, dogs and BEARS. yup bears. honey bears to be precise. you dont actually see the bears in the city but you can see them along the way to Fatehpur sikri. the trainer will make the bear to dance for you then allow you to take some photos all for the fee of RM50. cut throat.

i also saw these jeeps carrying more than 20 ppl in it moving around town at F1 speed. its the cheapest mode of transportation, so its usually used by the poor. its half the price of the local bus and takes half the time to reach your destination compared to the bus. of course there is a chance your life might be halfed also. you can see men and women standing on the sides of the windows and at the back door of the jeep. they are just standing on a foot hold not biger than half their feet. there was this woman with a baby in a sling hanging in front of her chest and she was standing at the edge at the back of the jeep with both hands clinging onto the roof of the jeep. imagine if the knot of the sling becomes loose.

wat caught my eyes the most were the fun fair they have here. its exactly like back home except that everything is super mini. the most interesting one was the mini fairies wheel. it has just 4 carriages and stands not more than 2.5 meter tall. someone wil be standing at the side turning the wheel. needless to say its just for childrens.

wil be leaving for jaipur tmrw. till then....