After an early start at 6.00 am we were exhausted by 11.30 am but had seen all we came to see. The Taj Mahal is certainly a wonder to behold. However, we cannot believe that such a magnificent sight is surrounded by such squalor. The traders, touts and beggars were a pain in the backside and our tempers were pushed to the limit. Agra Fort was a fort but it is still amazing to see something that was built with such detail when there was no machinery. By 11.30 th...

We have have arrived at Agra and the hotel is all we hoped it would be. After a superb flight on Virgin Atlantic we were met with a bit of a culture shock in Delhi through to Agra. We have seen poverty in many places but it seems to go on forever here. They all seem very happy with it and have no great expectations. We were exhausted when we arrived at the hotel, we must have got our information wrong somewhere as it was a five hour journey over not the best of...