Elephant Tomb

Minaret is the site of the emperors favorite elephant. Who won lots of
flights.

More Taj

Taj at first sight

Door of the Taj perectly aligned with the door of this pavillion

Don't drink the water

Another gateway to the TM

Taj Mahal

The gateway to the compound.

Water Buffalo passing the entrance to the Taj Mahal

On the road to the Taj Mahal

The Red Fort at Agra

Double walled fort of far reaching Moghul empire. At it's demise, this
fort was the last piece of Moghul land.

Old Agra

Back on the buggy.
Lots of white knuckling.
Only lost one person for about 5 minutes.

Old Agra

Suri tip-toeing through the motor bikes.

Old Agra

CVS, Duane Reade, Walgreen India style.

Old Agra

Monkeys waiting for bananas to be tossed up to them.

Old Agra

Spicearket

Old Agra

A wider boulevard.

Old Agra

Power lines and monkeys cross cross overhead.

Old Agra

Tiny "streets" have enough room for a single line of walkers, an
occaisional honking moped and gutters.

Street Doggies in Old Agra

Janet on her phone.

Again and again and again.

Not exactly the CPS horse and buggies

More wild carriage rides

We tried not to focus on the wiggliness of the wheels and axles.

We rode through ol Agra on these carriages

Hair raising would be an adequate description.

Hotel entrance hall

The Smoking Garden

The Hotel Monkey

Kipi and Caroline just hanging out.

Hanging out by the pool

Caroline hamming it up

A lounging area

Our backyard

Nanci and a ficus tree

My bath

Bright paint covered with sheets of glass. Gorgeous.

The view from my window.

A foggy view of the Taj

My room at the Oberoi

We have arrived!!!

The Oberoi.
Every room has a view of the Taj Mahal.

Fatehpur Sikri

Apparently they were big time into elephant fights.

They also executed bad guys by having their heads trampled by
elephants. One of our troop speculated that this is where "capital
punishment" came from.

Ewwwww.

Fatehpur Sikri

Fatehpur Sikri

Marg, Caroline and Kipi.

Fatehpur Sikri

Fatehpur Sikri

Our tuk tuk

Our tuk tuk driver

Drove like a maniac but we got up the hill first.

Only slightly competitive.

Fatehpur Sikri

Built by the 3rd Mogul emperor, Akbar the Great in 1571, this city/
compumd honors a Sufi saint who blessed his wives and enabled them to
bear three sons.

Indian Puppy

Lying right in the middle of the sidewalk, a typical Indian dog.

A contrast to Buddy.

Sacred Ground

Our rest stop midway between Agra and Delhi.

What is this?

Conjecture is that work of art is a monkey jungle gym.

Have started to see more exotic animals -- camels, monkeys, etc.

Woman with blue

Cooking on the street through a soggy window.

Wouldn't pass Health Department examiner.