Agra (Uttar Pradesh) - March 10th, 2007

This morning I went to Fatehpur Sihri, a magnificent fortified ghost city about 40 kms. west of Agra.
The Jama Masjid is a beautiful mosque, very large with Persian and Hindu designs. The main entrance is about 54 meters high, considered the largest in Asia. Inside the courtyard there were several buildings with a lot of tombs. Inside the mosque everybody had to cover their heads, men and women.
Back to Agra, I visited the Taj Mahal in the evening light, quite a beautiful strickingly serene, white building, colosal looking yet gentle as a flower reaching into the skies. A divine and eternal temple of love.
Inside the mausoleum are the two tombs next to each other below the main dome surrounded by a perforated marble screen made with 43 different types of precious tones.
Back in my hotel room, the monkeys that walk cross wire from accross the street, got locked inside the hotel and I can here them making strange noises. I won't dare open my door tonight!