Wowed by the Taj Mahal

Our tour of the 'Golden Triangle' was coming to a close and our final day was spent in Agra to visit the jewel in the crown for tourists ... The Taj Mahal. It really is breathtaking and easily earns its place as the worlds greatest building. Ruth quite fancied having a photo taken 'a la' the famous Princess Diana pose - unfortunately she couldn't get the 2000+ visitors to move out of the way for the perfect shot (how did Di manage to do it??). Agra is one of the most polluted places in India and the dust can really stick to the back of your throat. A less comforting sight (in the Taj Mahal itself) was the rolling LED display showing today's level of pollution - several times the 'safe level' - after hundreds of years built from impenitrable marble, modern pollution creating sulphuric acid is slowly eroding the surface of the stone. A final visit to a local marble works to buy a piece to remember the occasion and it's back to Delhi for a night stop-over before we say bye to Wendy (till next week) and set off in the early hours of Saturday morning to Shimla. No rest for the wicked!!