Getting there is half the fun!
No posts in a while I know....thing's have been hectic. I got to Agra, and I've been aranging my graceful exit from the land of the beef-less. At least half that time went into getting to Agra....
Seriously....no flights?
The Taj Mahal, perhaps you've heard of it. One of the seven wonders of the world, reason numero uno to come to this country. It's in Agra, south of Delhi.
No flights.
None.
There was an airport in the city but the government has closed it....
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=27&tid=34805991
Government of India....what were you thinking?
So you have to go to Delhi and drive there. It's 120 miles....so it takes, go on guess.....
4 hours
So I went to a few travel agencies, who upon telling them I wanted to go to Agra, were more than happy to try to book a ticket to Delhi for me.
>>'Right how do I get to Agra after that'
Blank stares....
>>'Is there a bus, a train, a car....what?'
'Oh all those bus, train car'
>>'Can you book one?'
blank stares
Now this was frustrating....
Transvestites are not magic!
>>'Surely I can't be the only one who wants to see the Taj, you're a travel agency right?'
'Ha travel agency'
>>'And you have no connections with any other kind of booking for someone who wants to go to Agra?'
At this point a transvestite beggar walked up from the street and started standing in the doorway and said something in a sing-song voice.
The man behind the desk immediatley got up and gave him/her 10 ruppess.
I believe this was a hijra , transvestites who live as beggars. They are believed to have magic powers, and the ability to curse you. "Believed" in the way you might believe balck cats to be unlucky, but believed enough to get money.
Then the travel agent sat back down and said nothing and went back to his blank stare routine.
Unreal....but i finally just booked the flight on my own.
Seriously....no flights?
The Taj Mahal, perhaps you've heard of it. One of the seven wonders of the world, reason numero uno to come to this country. It's in Agra, south of Delhi.
No flights.
None.
There was an airport in the city but the government has closed it....
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threadselect.jsp?fid=27&tid=34805991
Government of India....what were you thinking?
So you have to go to Delhi and drive there. It's 120 miles....so it takes, go on guess.....
4 hours
So I went to a few travel agencies, who upon telling them I wanted to go to Agra, were more than happy to try to book a ticket to Delhi for me.
>>'Right how do I get to Agra after that'
Blank stares....
>>'Is there a bus, a train, a car....what?'
'Oh all those bus, train car'
>>'Can you book one?'
blank stares
Now this was frustrating....
Transvestites are not magic!
>>'Surely I can't be the only one who wants to see the Taj, you're a travel agency right?'
'Ha travel agency'
>>'And you have no connections with any other kind of booking for someone who wants to go to Agra?'
At this point a transvestite beggar walked up from the street and started standing in the doorway and said something in a sing-song voice.
The man behind the desk immediatley got up and gave him/her 10 ruppess.
I believe this was a hijra , transvestites who live as beggars. They are believed to have magic powers, and the ability to curse you. "Believed" in the way you might believe balck cats to be unlucky, but believed enough to get money.
Then the travel agent sat back down and said nothing and went back to his blank stare routine.
Unreal....but i finally just booked the flight on my own.
