Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal is everything you were told to expect; it is very special.

I preferred the appearance from a distance, rather than the walk in and around the mausoleum itself.

We didn't fight for time on the 'Diana seat'; there were too many Instagram folk and locals wanting time seated or lying on it. 

In a country where community is typically filled with rubbish in open spaces the Taj Mahal is a beautiful haven to behold.

Agra has a regulation of no fossil fuel vehicles within 5km to protect the structure, but this is a bit naive. The next day smog had blocked out the whole area (we were looking across from the red fort)

It doesn't offer the variables of the Mughal forts and royal palaces but it is the place where you could sit for hours just looking at it. 

Through the gate

First entry 

Guide taking our photo

From the platform where Diana sat, half way up the garden 

Near the entry

Entry

Behind, on the river side.

Looking back to the gate

Tour group photo.

So good.