Agra India – home of the 7th Wonder of theWorld – the Taj Mahal
I escorted a tour which flew into Agra India, the home of the Taj Mahal. This was absolutely fabulous! Words cannot explain the majesty of this monument that was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in honor of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal. She was pregnant 19 times and bore 14 children. In delivering the last one, she passed away in childbirth.
I escorted our ship's tour which meant leaving the ship early morning in Mumbai then heading for the airport for a chartered flight to a military airport in Agra, India. We were given a red carpet welcome there and went by coach to a hotel for freshening up before our transfer into electric vehicles to visit this wonder of the world. They use electric cars to limit polution to this beautiful structure.
Agra India – home of the 7th Wonder of theWorld – the Taj Mahal
I escorted a tour which flew into Agra India, the home of the Taj Mahal. This was absolutely fabulous! Words cannot explain the majesty of this monument that was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in honor of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal. She was pregnant 19 times and bore 14 children. In delivering the last one, she passed away in childbirth. This 7th wonder of the world took 22 years to build. You can view the Taj from any of the 4 sides and it all appears the same.
After this majestic viewing, we continued on to the Agra Fort which is where the royalty resided. When Shah Jahan’s son took over the empire, he imprisoned his father in the fort in a room that overlooked the Taj Mahal.
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