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25 Mar 2005

I met a Canadian couple (they didn't show me their passports and I can't be sure about their nationality as all US Americans in India pretend to be Canadians, because they are obviously embarrassed about their government) on the train last night. First, I thought that they may be siblings or just good mates as she looked glamorous, like a princess and he was a real dork. She had her nails polished, had lipstick on and was wearing expensive jewellery. She told me about her sister, who supposedly is glamorous. She said that her sister wouldn't survive such a trip because she needs everything sterilized. Well, that remembered me of my ex-girlfriend Niki, who thinks that it isn't clean if it doesn't smell like cholrine. He, whom she called "honey", only spoke boring stuff about computers, mainframes, and software.

I couldn't believe my ears when she told me that she was born in Croatia and moved to Canada at the age of 3. This was 38 years ago. I was really shocked as she looked like 30! This must be the Canadian climate or Croatian genes. It's clear for me now where I will head to next after India!

They only made a very short break in Agra to see the Taj Mahal and wanted to move on to Jaipur on tonight's nighttrain. Bummer that the Taj is closed on Fridays. I guess they found out by now...

I went on the other side of the Yamunda River to view the Taj from the back. It's obviously the only place from where you can see the whole building. It appeared on the sky when we drove to the viewing point. It is majestic! Even through the dense smog, it looks stunning! I got a few good shots with the Taj and its mirror in the river.

After that we went to the tomb Itmad-ud-Daulah. It's beautiful and has splendid white inlaid marble. It's also called the Baby Taj although it doesn't look anything like the original.

I didn't get into the huge Agra Fort, as most parts are closed to public and the rest probably looks pretty much like the 100 other forts I have seen already.

And from 11am to 5pm I hung out by the pool! Relaxing!

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