Just say no & the Agra Fort

After the Taj we went to the marble inlay shop. The craftsman use the same techniques of those done to create the Taj. Again to view such works being created by hand, to such detail is very impressive. After this we visited the Star of Indi. The actual Star is the national stone of India, and is 2nd strongest substance, after the diamond. Again the shop is amazing. The guys in there are very persistent. Once you look at something, they are virtually wrapping it up for you. Not the selling technique I would reccomend, but I still bought a prezzie for Marsha (you'll love it Angel)
After this we went to the fort. This place covers over 50 acres and is full of history. However we were again surrounded by peddlars. They never give up. They start from a price of 1500 rupees, but go all the way down to a 100. Shaking your head, saying no repeatedly has no effect on these guys...Luckily are guide was on hand to give them a bit of verbal....
The fort is massive and has hundreds of inter-connecting rooms that seem to go on forever. The attention to detail here is amazing. At one viewpoint you can go to different windows and from each one the Taj is framed perfectly. You can imagine the King centuries ago gazing upon this.
Between the fort and the Taj we stopped off at the Sheritan hotel. Real 70's feel to it and was not too impressed. Guess I'm used to better things now, living at the Marriott!!! There was also the bizarre guy wandering around in a Donald duck costume. I say Donald Duck but it was the crappiest one I've ever seen....
After the fort we headed back home. This journey took even longer (about 4 1/2 hours). The traffic here is really bad. Plus as mentioned before the highway code does not apply in India. The louder your horn seems to be the order of the day. Back home at last after being eaten by moquito's, I chilled out at the bar with a Kingfished then Phil decided to trat us for a slap up meal at Pan Asian
Cross between Chinese and Indian food. I had the biggest prawns I have ever seen. And that was meant to be a starter. Used the old chopsticks and to my credit used them quite proficiently.
Back to my room jsut in time to watch the derby. Not too sure of the score, but apparently Shrek got a goal...To be hoenst the city boys only raise their game against the big guns...Not those Salford reds...

Bitter moi...

What a fantastic weekend....just don't mention the football. I mentioned it once but got away with it. What do you mean we started it (thank you Mr Fawlty)