in Bundi now! 3rd location after Delhi and Agra. Feeling a little peeved because I was transferring files in an internet cafe, blue screen appeared, they directed me to another much better and faster comp, but 1 thrid of my files are still on the other computer and I've already deleted them from my memory card... and now someone else is using that comp and when I asked to switch she just said very shortly they she's e done very fast. Like real! how fast is fast? an hour? checking hotel websites can take forever...
anyway, Bundi looks good even though all I've done so far is walk down the street to this internet place - relatively quiet after the madness of Agra and Delhi, and crafts men working on the side of the road stopping and sayiong hello or namaste... narrow streets old houses.. I've staying in a for real haveli/paying guest house where the family is still living, so I had to walk all the way in and through their living areas to get to my room. Lovely, and it's great to get into one of them and see how the interior spaces are like. Cool, lots of sitting areas all topped by nice pieces of fabric, super old black and white family or personal portraits on the walls (the sort you usu see in museums).
Overnight sleeper here from Agra. Took a while to get used to. there were women around me but they didn't seem the friendly sort. Very noisy, chatting and loud music etc. Once I had figured out the way to sleep, where to position my bags etc, I managed to get some sleep despite the noise, though I kept waking up at major stations, once at midnight to find it quite and lights off and esp Kota at 5plus, when almost everyone got off and were replaced by a trainload of men who all seemed to gather around my berth, all sitting on the seats below so that I felt trapped above. After a while one of them, who had boarded first and had spoken to me before the whole gang came on, saw me looking and asked the guys to move for me, so that I could actually look out of the window and see the sunrise over the beautiful indian countryside. Really really beautiful. Not dirty. I think they only get dirty when 'civilisation' encroaches!
Agra yesterday with hc and pk - gorgeous and awe-inspiring. really beautiful and ethereal. Got more crowded as the morning wore on and the tour groups appeared. The local tourists seem to be there as much to see foreigners as to see the Taj! Quite funny, as long as they don't get too carried away or too handsy. Agra fort - nice as well, very fairytale fortress/stronghold, lovely stories, come to think ofit, attached to each spot. 'Baby Taj' -beautiful, and I met a lovely family who wanted me to take photos of them. Unfortunately the lady's balck scarf didn't stand out on my head =( Red Fort in Delhi, also nice, though seen in a bit of a hurry so can't remember much at the moment. Must look at photos later...
Gah! I don't think she's done yet! I don't want to spend the best part of the day in an internet cafe!! But the photos in there are my Taj ones... =(
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i loved the taj too, and the thought that the black taj was to have been built to shadow the white one from across the river...
we had a guide tell us how one of the pavilions had precious stones in the alcoves to reflect off light. >.< let's just say the size of the stone holders were humongous...
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