Our Trip - part 1
For those of you who are wondering what happened to the blog, you will notice it is
back up and running. Apparently there was some suspicious activity on my G-mail site and so the e-mail and blog were shut down. Upon arriving back in Ooty yesterday I was able to clear up the situation and everything should now be as it was.
back up and running. Apparently there was some suspicious activity on my G-mail site and so the e-mail and blog were shut down. Upon arriving back in Ooty yesterday I was able to clear up the situation and everything should now be as it was.On Saturday, October 15, 2011, my wife and I left Ooty by taxi for the 3 hour drive to Coimbatore airport. The taxi arrived at Selborne early and by 8 h 35 we were on our way. There was very little traffic going down the mountains and in just over 3 hours we arrived at the Coimbatore airport. We saw lots of 
monkeys at the side of the road wherever there was a lookout point. Obviously people have dropped scraps of food. The driver stopped at a veggie restaurant and we had an early lunch before checking in for our flight. We had 2 security checks before boarding our flight for Delhi with a stop-over in Mumbai. Our new driver met us at the airport and took us to our hotel and so approximately 12 hours after having left Ooty we arrived at our hotel in Delhi. We were quite pleased with the hotel with A/C and had a light dinner in the hotel.
monkeys at the side of the road wherever there was a lookout point. Obviously people have dropped scraps of food. The driver stopped at a veggie restaurant and we had an early lunch before checking in for our flight. We had 2 security checks before boarding our flight for Delhi with a stop-over in Mumbai. Our new driver met us at the airport and took us to our hotel and so approximately 12 hours after having left Ooty we arrived at our hotel in Delhi. We were quite pleased with the hotel with A/C and had a light dinner in the hotel. At 8 h 15 Sunday morning our driver met us and we started our sight-seeing of Delhi. Our first stop was India Gate and then up to government house and then the parliament
building.
building. We had a stop at the Qutub minar before going on to the Lotus Blossom Temple.
By noon we were leaving Delhi behind to make our way to Agra. We stopped along the way for lunch and arrived at our Agra hotel just after 16 h 00. By 16 h 30 we were on our way to visit the Taj Mahal before sunset. The pictures speak for themselves. Following 
our visit to the Taj Mahal, complete with bicycle ride as cars are not permitted in the vicinity of the Taj due to environmental concerns, we visited an inlaid stone works to see how the decoration of the Taj was accomplished. Finally we were back at the hotel for dinner and bed! It was a great day and we certainly enjoyed ourselves.
our visit to the Taj Mahal, complete with bicycle ride as cars are not permitted in the vicinity of the Taj due to environmental concerns, we visited an inlaid stone works to see how the decoration of the Taj was accomplished. Finally we were back at the hotel for dinner and bed! It was a great day and we certainly enjoyed ourselves.
posted by Bill at
9:15 AM
2 Comments:
Nice to see a picture of the two of you at the Taj Mahal!
Many famous and important people have had their picture taken in just that spot in front of the Taj.Nice to see 2 more!!!
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