Agra Visit

In the last few days we have done and seen so much. The visit to Agra was such a unique experience. We started the day by eating breakfast at this excellent roof top restaurant. When sitting on the roof, you could see straight past the village homes, and had a great view of the Taj Mahal. It was so awesome because all I could do was stare at the thing and wonder how such a marvelous building was made without the tools we have now. The view made me want to skip breakfast and just go straight to see it up close. Once we had breakfast, we went back to the hotel to drop off our bags and things because, as you could imagine, security was pretty tight. Once we were finally in, it was just a breathtaking site. My group and I spent about an hour taking photos and enjoying the beauty of the monument before we even went in or got close to it. After visiting the Taj, we went to Agra Fort. The fort was massive in size. The wall stretches about 2-3 km in size, and only 25% of the fort is available for the public because the Indian army is using the other 75%. The fort was a great site to see. The tour we had of the fort was a very unique tour because we got to go into a part of the fort that is otherwise blocked off to the public. We got to see the bathroom, which was built for the princess. The bathroom was uniquely crafted with mirrors encrusted all over. The mirrors made it so that when one candle was lit, it would look like a thousand candles were lit. The entire fort was crafted amazingly. The engineers and the architects of the fort crafted it in such a way that makes you wonder how they thought of such things. For example, in part of the fort when hot water was poured down the drain, the entire room would heat up, and in another room, the window was carved in such a way that there was a cool breeze through the room. It was just very amazing. It's also crazy to think how everything is hand crafted.