I was debating on whether or not I should include this picture in the blog postings because it really isn't that ascetically pleasing but I decided to anyway because I find it interesting.

The Taj Mahal really is quite big. Bigger than I expected it to be after a lifetime of people telling me to expect it to be smaller than it actually is. The pollution of Agra also continues to be quite an amazing and sad human feat. I couldn't wait to leave that place.

After getting one last look at the Taj from Agra Fort, I recall acknowledging, "this is where Christiane Amanpour always gives her reports from India from...I always wondered where that perspective on the Taj was." Now I know.