An incredible amount has happened since I have last had internet access, but
we are about to head to a cafe before it gets too late so I have to keep it
short!
We saw the Taj Mahal at dawn... It was amazing! I am not joking. It was
literally what I have hoped for! It was massive and impressive. I could barely
believe how amazing it was in person. From there we had a myriad of insanity in
Agra. Our driver took us to places
that were all incredibly tourist centric and geared around shopping for jewelry
and expensive marble... Pretty, but you know how much I love shopping so I
started getting very angry when it was one place after another. All we wanted
to see was a ghost city right outside Agra.
He did drop us at the most frightening market I could imagine and we were
howled at my children and boys who were groping themselves. Not very pleasant...
At long last we ended up in Krishna’s birthplace to
take our train to Mumbai. We had two hours left to wait, but the beggars and
the cows were better company than shopping at overpriced tourist locations.
FINALLY we are in Mumbai! It's a fantastic city! I could honesty live here
(not in the black mold infested hotel we are staying in), but the city is
beautiful and lively! We have been to a few art museums and today we went to Elephanta
Island so see these incredible rock
carvings of Shiva. We hiked all around the island and were sprayed with water
from the Mumbai Bay
on the way back, but all in all it was very lovely to get out of a city and
adventure in the wilderness.
Alright off we go into the next (smaller) Monsoon...
