Mar
31
India diary part 7
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I end my travels at the Taj Mahal
22 November, Agra
On my last full day in India, I take a cab to the station to catch a train to Agra and the Taj Mahal. I had planned to visit earlier, but after those plans fell through, I resolved to go, spend the night in Agra and return to Delhi the next day in time to catch my flight in the evening. At the station I go to the foreigners’ ticket office upstairs. Everything in the room is old and faded. I take a seat at a desk where a man books my ticket on a decrepit computer. When I pay he tries to give me change in old 500 rupee notes. I start to object and the other ticket clerks turn on him and he gives me valid currency. The train is not for another hour or two so I go and have breakfast at a nearby cafe.
I end my travels at the Taj Mahal
22 November, Agra
On my last full day in India, I take a cab to the station to catch a train to Agra and the Taj Mahal. I had planned to visit earlier, but after those plans fell through, I resolved to go, spend the night in Agra and return to Delhi the next day in time to catch my flight in the evening. At the station I go to the foreigners’ ticket office upstairs. Everything in the room is old and faded. I take a seat at a desk where a man books my ticket on a decrepit computer. When I pay he tries to give me change in old 500 rupee notes. I start to object and the other ticket clerks turn on him and he gives me valid currency. The train is not for another hour or two so I go and have breakfast at a nearby cafe.