Hauling ourselves up at 530am for a 6am pickup, is not easy. But, to see the Taj Mahal as the sun is coming up, is an absolute....so out of bed we went.    Lemon our guide was waiting for us in the lobby and we joined the Driver for the 10 minute drive to the walkway to the Taj. Two years ago, there was a small road with lots of vendors that we walked down, but since then they created nice 1/2 mile walkway, free of shops that leads to the entrance. Karen an...

After a decent nights sleep for all three of us, KK got to experience the ITC breakfast. They were properly impressed and we all enjoyed the fresh juice customized to our fruit/vegi choices, Indian specialties along with the normal Western choices (eggs, bacon, etc).  We packed up and were ready for our 830a pick-up for the drive to Agra. We got settled in the SUV and soon left the Delhi traffic behind. The highway was 4 lanes on each direction and was clean...

While today was not going to be like yesterday with a LOT of tourist stops, we did have to start early to visit a couple of sites before heading to Agra. We enjoyed our last breakfast at the Meridien and went down to meet Poona in the lobby.   Our first stop was Humayun's Tomb of the 3rd Moghul, otherwise known as the Poor Man's Taj. Ok, if this is the poor mans Taj...what will the real Taj be like???? We walked around the beautiful grounds and saw th...