Day 3: Agra

Our wakeup call for Day 3 wasn’t quite as terrible: we got up at 6 am to catch a train at 8 am. Wendy caught us a taxi outside the school and told him to please drive fast because we were running a little late and the man did WORK. We got to the station with 25 minutes to spare.

We had first class tickets, which apparently means we got fed. What? The food just kept coming. First they gave us toast and cornflakes, then some sort of curry, then steamed milk for our cornflakes, then tea. I was in awe. They started the whole thing off with a rose. Yes, they gave everyone a rose. I was impressed.

When we got to Agra, the driver and guide Evan and Wendy had arranged for us were waiting. Our guide was CK, and he was great. He took us to the Taj Mahal, of course, which I wanted to see because, duh, it's the Taj Mahal, but oh my goodness, was it stunning. Pictures do NOT do it justice. It’s seriously like a castle in the clouds.

CK also took tons of pictures of us and made us do a ton of cheesy poses, which was pretty amusing.

From the Taj Mahal, we went to Agra Fort, which was HUGE. I had no idea it was so huge. It was pretty awesome, but not as beautiful as the Taj Mahal, of course.

After Agra Fort, CK took us to a restaurant. I was a bit skeptical because it was called Bon Barbecue. Barbecue in India? Um, OK.

GUYS. It was AWESOME. It was an all-you-can-eat buffet, but it started with tons and tons of appetizers, which came out on kebob sticks and were set on grill on our table. I stupidly didn’t take any pictures of the appetizers, which I think were the best part. There was spicy mutton, chicken, chicken wings, chickpeas, shrimp, pineapple, these DELICIOUS fries cover in some sort of spicy sauce (my fave, of course), some sort of chickpea patty…I can’t even remember it all. It just kept coming and coming and was so good that by the time we went for our main course, I was already stuffed.

After lunch, CK took us around to some of his friends' shops. We were totally not gonna buy anything, but once we saw how the marble and carpets are made, we had to. I guess that’s why they show you the process.

From there, we went to the train station and rode the train back to Delhi. And they kept feeding us again. We got home around 8, then packed for our flight to Leh the next morning. Yay for another 4 am wakeup call, right?