No visit to India is complete with a trip to the Taj Mahal, and rightly so.  The building is a spectacle to behold, and the sheer enormity of it is staggering.  That being said, the whole experience was quite stressful.  A generalization, but I’ve found that the majority of Indians have a different concept of personal space than Americans, and it can be trying.  I actually preferred The Red Fort, which is located near the Taj and is where the builder of the Taj was actually imprisoned by his son.  One of the most memorable moments of the trip so far happened at the end of the day at the Fort.  When we were leaving the building at the end of the day, we got to the front gate and turned around to see at least 100 monkeys streaming out the doors towards us.  They have been trained to recognize when the fort is closing and the humans who give them food to eat are leaving.  Monkeys are not friendly animals, and being surrounded by that many was quite unnerving.  Anyhow, on to the photos.

First, a few from the Fort

And these next photos don’t need any introduction

And finally I leave you with a camel…..and a goat on a roof.

xoxo,

klc