Agra*

After our hell-ish afternoon yesterday, and a night of broken sleep on the train, we made it to Agra! Very sleep deprived, cold and a little grumpy, we took an Uber to our hostel. Despite informing the hostel prior about our early check in and the room already being ready, they asked us to pay an extra 200rs for early check in. We were too tired to complain, so agreed and were shown our room. While our room looked like the photos, the room was filled with mosquitos, sheets were disgustingly stained and even had several burn holes and the shower head in the bathroom was broken. We were really uncomfortable with the room, but were also starving so we dropped our things and went to find breakfast. Over breakfast, we scoured booking.com for better alternatives nearby and had a look at a guesthouse a few doors down from our hostel, which was cheaper and much nicer and cleaner than the hostel. We picked up our bags, left the hostel and headed to the guesthouse.

While we waited for our room at the guesthouse to be cleaned, we walked down to Taj Nature Walk and spent a couple of hours walking through the gardens and getting our first glimpse of the Taj Mahal.

After a rest at the guesthouse, we walked across the road to a roof top restaurant where we had egg curry, dal fry, jeera rice and roti for dinner.Read more