Trip to Taj Mahal and Agra
After trying to plan a trip to Agra for a long time, we finally managed to make the trip last weekend (july-end). We had apprehensions about the weather, with monsoon right here, but we decided to go for it anyway. It was a pretty satisfactory trip overall, I'll try to share some of my experiences which might help others planning the same trip. The distance from NOIDA is about 200 kms. We planned to leave early morning, but it was 9 am by the time we left. We took a short break for tea near the UP border, in a place called "Apni Haveli". It looked decent from outside, but was pretty shabby inside, would definitely not suggest to anyone. In fact, there is a cafe coffee day right around there, which would have been a much better choice. We were in agra by about 2 PM, we got a lot of traffic inside Agra. Our hotel was Clarke Shiraz, which is supposed to be a five star. It is nice, but the rooms look old, I would have expected more from a five star. But at INR 5K per night, i...