Golden Triangle

We are having vacation now. First trip: Golden Triangle, meaning Jaipur, Agra with Taj Mahal and Delhi. From Hyderabad a direct flight to Jaipur was a good decision. On Saturday Michel joined us by train from Delhi, so he had to get up at 4 am, where we got to sleep until 7.30. All day tour in Jaipur, including Elephant ride, visit to the Amber Fort, some other stops and sunset at Sun temple, a.k.a. Monkey temple. We had us dropped at a nice restaurant for dinner and got back to the hotel by 11pm, long day. For Michel a bit longer: his return flight was cancelled due to strike, so he had to make arrangements to change ... took him about 1.5 hours and a lot of frustration.

Sunday: breakfast at 6.30 and leaving for Agra. On our way, the driver stopped at a Palace. A nice intervention after 3 hours in the car. A car a little to small to carry 4 passengers and the driver, so the backseat was packed an uncomfortable. Then another 1.5 hours to Taj Mahal. Very impressive buildings and tombs. BTW: very contractdionary event at the Taj Mahal: I had to throw away food and candy as it was not allowed to get that on the premesis, whereas half the country here is suffering from hunger I was forced to put it in the bin.
By 5 pm we started the drive to Delhi. A difficult route was said ... 200 km only, but 5 hours drive .... it appeared to be 6 hours in the end - without dinner. Very busy road and heavy traffic. But we got there, and into a nice hotel: Hilton. So comfortable bed, bathtub, shower, you name it.

Monday morning: Michel got up early to get his luggage from his other Delhi hotel, as he did not want to go there and stayed with us. I got up when he left, got myself some Dutch coffee that I still have, and got into my 5 kms running again. After breakfast, we relaxed a bit and got ourselves a car again to explore Delhi a bit. We had to wait an hour for the car to arrive, and only had until 6 pm as Michel needed to catch his newly booked and planned return flight. So we saw some highlights, unfortunately not all. But hey, we got a flavor.

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