September 16-21: India
The Golden Triangle in India consists of Delhi, Jaipur, and Agra. These were the places we visited on our time here. The safest and easiest way to accomplish this was to travel by hiring a driver, which we arranged through our hotel.
Our first destination was Jaipur where we rode an elephant to the Amber Fort and outside were greeted by a snake charmer complete with a flute. The road to Jaipur was an adventure in itself, as would be the other travel days. Similar to Nepal, the rules of the road seem to be left to ones personal conviction. In addition to sights in Nepal we added seeing herds of camels and elephants.
Agra was a much anticipated destination, not just because of the Taj Mahal, we were able to meet up with my friend Brittany and met her friend Martha. We had an incredible visit and were able to hang out for the majority of the day, visiting the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, and ended with a cup of coffee. We had lots of questions for them about the culture and their experiences over the past nine months. We were fortunate to meet back up with Brittany and met Julie once we returned to Delhi. It was Julie who convinced us to take our first motorized rickshaw ride. Our last day in Delhi we saw the India gate, Lotus temple, and the Red Fort.
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