The rest of Agra was a load of fun, but you had to be kind of AIESEC-ish to appreciate it.

Hey AIESEC, I don't mean to put down AIESECers but I find them to be terribly clannish.

Anyhoo... if a picture is worth a thousand words. Here's a small novel.

Blog a la Triin...we had fun. End-of-story.

But I must say though, I found the Taj very well built for something that old. The "government" guide we hired tried to put a very romantic face to the whole story. Of course after the whole thing was over it didn't stop the sleazy bastard from cheating us.

One of the Moghul (Mongols) emperors of India tried very hard to have children, but failed although he had many wives. Mumtaz gave him a whole basketful of heirs. She died trying. She made him promise to take no more wives after her and to build the Taj. He delivered to the letter. I fail to see the romance in this (although it could very well be that the Emperor truly loved his wife as he could break his promise very easily after her death).

Yours truly...the Master of the Orange Bag.