Taj Mahal

June 28th. The Taj Mahal at 6am, a wonderful sight. The Taj Mahal itself was smaller that I thought it would be, but a very peaceful experience. The biggest hustle was to get a photo on the Princess Diana seat - I managed to get one.

Then we then faced a journey to Lucknow. After taking a wrong turning we found our way on the road to Varanasi so we carried on and are here for 3 nights. It was a long and tiring drive from Agra involving a 2 hour wait on the highway for an accident to be cleared following monsoon rains. We left Agra at 9am and arrived at 2.30 am!!! We explore Varanasi today and tomorrow.

We have played a naughty game to pass away the time on the bus, counting the number of people we see peeing in the street, we had quite a number after 18 hours!!

We go to the Ganges tonight to view the funeral pyres and then to the various religious ceremonies that go on.

Hot and sticky here, and it is great to have Anthony back from hospital, he flew here from Delhi yesterday looking very thin.

Speak soon.