Hi everyone!
Sunday seems like a really long time ago. We started the day driving from Delhi to Agra. We stopped for lunch and to buy some goods native from Ranthambhore, the state we just entered. Once we arrived in Agra we met our new tourguide, who we called Doctor Vinnie. He took us on a tour of Agra Fort and to a local shop. In the evening we went to the pool before a yummy dinner in our hotel. Some of us got henna after dinner, which turned out beautifully! It should last for a week, so that even after we get back we can remember our time in India. Then we saw a puppet show and sang songs with some local boys. We were again reminded of the universality of music!
Yesterday had to be the longest day ever. In a good way! We got up at 4:45 and went to see the Taj Mahal at sunrise. It was beautiful, everything we hoped it would be. True to form, we found a beautiful room off the main chamber of the Taj and sang inside it. Because there is a 30 ft. gap between the top dome and the ceiling, there was absolutely stunning reverb. Then we visited the Abandoned City, a fort developed by a Mughal king that then shut down due to lack of water. There was a winter palace and a summer palace, and the tempurature at the fort reached 113 degrees! But we're acclimated now, so it wasn't that bad at all. Then we got on the bus ride, and enjoyed seeing camels, cows, monkeys, water buffalo, pigs, goats, and lots of people waving at the foreigners. We were in the bus, which we fondly nicknamed Shiva the Destroyer, for eight hours, enjoying bumps, turns, and windy dirt roads due to a long detour. We arrived at Nahargarh, the resort on the National Park, which basically is a palace. Last night we went to the pool for a late night swim, and got enough sleep to get us ready for our adventures this morning!
More on the safari next post. Hope everything's great at home!
Much love,
the Madrigals in India
Hi Madrigals:
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the updates. We make sure to check at least twice each day, to see if you have entered anything new. As this is our main source of information (hint, hint, Rebecca), we look forward to reading it.
Enjoy the rest of your trip.
Madrigals,
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping up this blog. It is fun to read about your adventures, service projects, and singing. Sounds like a memorable trip! Can't wait to see the pictures even though they won't capture the full experience of the smells and temperatures (I feel hot just reading this blog!).
Dede
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