When events were going on at the Amber Fort, the women were required to stay out of site, but this design in the walls of the upper floors allowed them to see what was going on below. This is their view.
A failed attempt to hold the Taj. I have a good one, but it's a bad picture of me, so I'm not posting it here. It will be untagged on facebook haha
The Taj was too magnificent for words. Honestly incredible.
Yes, that is the Taj Mahal in the background.
Group of kids at the Taj Mahal. Everyone there was super excited to see us. They looked like they were having a picnic (minus food) and took a ton of pictures with us. When traveling through India, bring chocolate, gum and pens.
This is Ganesh, then god of good luck who removes obstacles. There's an interesting story behind the fact that he has the head of an elephant. Look it uppp.
This is the Victory Tower in New Delhi. When the Muslims from Afghanistan came into India and conquered the Hindus, they built this tower as a symbol of their triumph (at least that's the story I remember)
This is a memorial to Ghandi in New Delhi (I think). He was eventually cremated and laid to rest in the Ganges, but this was where they kept his body before the cremation. There's an eternal flame and the marble memorial is inscribed with his last words (which I managed to miss).
This little dude was chillin with his mom at the Amber Fort on the outskirts of Jaipur. He grabbed a piece of candy from Pat, then ran away to sit with his mommy and eat it. Super cute!
Waiting for our train from New Delhi to Agra in our Indian clothes! There were tons of people sleeping in the train station. Sometimes we had to step over them and sometime there were entire families all huddled together.
Quick picture from the bus. This is an entire family on a moped in Jaipur... and they were weaving in and out of traffic without a problem.
This is our crazy rickshaw driver from day one in Chennai. He thought it was hilarious that we were afraid of his driving. He also yelled "yeehaw!" a lot and danced in his seat. At the end of the day he asked us for pens so "his babies could learn at school." Gah! I only had two on me, but I gave him both of them.
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