I took a taxi up to the region of backpacker style hotels (budget) called Paharganj.
All excited and eager to sleep, I arrived at the hotel and the first response was that it was crowded, so crowded and the second was ... Numas walking the deserted streets that not enter a car (even if dead, till the cows were sleeping) a clerk of the hotel tried to help me, even with the hotel full.
I told him I would take the train to Agra to 6:15 am and if I could leave the bag and return to Delhi to stay at his hotel (Hotel Namaskar) that he would set aside.
All packed! Whenever I traveled without reservation but this time the general fucked, because I only travel in low season and how this year could not breakfast in low season just getting the worst season in July and August that h, and the Europeans on holiday.
I showered and pressed into a sofa in reception until 5:00 am when I try to catch the 6:15 a.m. to Agra and surprise ... crowded train. So I go it's people on the train (no need to reserve). I paid $ 1.40 instead of $ 15 tourist train that takes only two hours.
The trip was okay, knowing an Indian and an Indian cool and arrived in Agra in a heat of 46 degrees, more of a problem to travel to India in July.
AgraIn Agra visited the Taj Mahal, fantastic place. The symmetry and finish of marble has no equal.
The size h or so large inside because it was built as a mausoleum to be and not a palace, had no need to be so great. But the garden that he harbors raises the charm of the Taj Mahal and make it be one of the seven wonders of the modern world and known worldwide.
Agra Fort is also a famous tourist attraction and h.
Agra Forte
The city has many constructions as well as Fatehpur Sikri. Agra reached its peak in the Muslim Mogul Empire (given this name because the founder, Babur, a descendant of Genghis Khan) but has nothing to do with the Mongol Empire. One of the emperors was Shah Jahan (1627-1658) who made his palace Agra Fort in Agra Capital of the Empire and built Taj Mahal in memory of his wife. In the last years of his life, Shah Jahan, only admired his work Taj Mahal from the window of his prison in Agra Fort. He was imprisoned by his son who decided to take power ... punishment seems as Shah Jahan managed to take the Mogul empire by killing all their male relatives.
On Sunday night I decided to catch a train back to New Delhi. I decided to enjoy the weekend because they need to stay in Agra working day in Delhi to try to get the tourist visa at the embassy of Bangladesh.
Again the train had no proper place in the regional train and came back ... but it is next to a story.
