Touring the Taj Mahal
The world was still dark and (mostly) silent as our group left the Jaycee Palace Hotel in Agra and boarded electric carts for the Taj Mahal. Even at 0500, however, the pathways teemed with tourists, all walking past shuttered shops that sold souvenirs and food during the day. We were here to see the Taj Mahal in the first light of day. Lonely Planet India (Travel Guide, 2017) quotes poet Rabindranath Tagore as saying the Taj Mahal is “‘a teardrop
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