After my early morning visit to the Taj Mahal, I wolfed down a breakfast of properly fried eggs and then went looking for the Tuk-Tuk driver I had booked to take me to Agra Fort…
I will “flesh out” my visit in the days to come, but for the time being, here are a few photos of this massive complex from where the Raj ruled this northern part of India…
Crossing the moat to enter the Red Fort... Huge blocks of Red Sandstone were used to build it... Same stuff that Sultan Qaboos's mosque in Oman was built from...
The layout of the Agra Fort... The sprawling complex was built on the bluff above the Yamuna River that runs through Agra...
Once past the main gate, I realised that I was not the first visitor today...
The towering Inner Gate...
The massive red sandstone walls loom above you as you make your way into the inner complex...
Through this series of archways and into the gardens beyond...
I loved the "sweet behavior" bit...!!
The inner courtyard on the edge of the battlements...
Smoke and mist hang over the city and the fort, obscuring the Taj Mahal in the far distance...
Marble shrine and lookout point over the Yamuna River...
The inner gardens and courtyard of the palace...
The Hall of Public Audience, where the Raj conveyed his wishes to his subjects...
Proof positive... GB was here...!!
©GBWT 2011
I fort you would have to fort your way through all those crowds at the fort.
And you fort right…!! Felt like there were fort-y thousand of them…!!
f-f-f-f-bwahahahaha!
I am always amazed by places like India. The magnificent buildings from past eras are so 1st world and yet the modern-day India is so 3rd world. How does this happen ???
And I have heard that India is going to be one of the worlds richiest and wealthy country
in the world in the future…..ehhh ???
Impressive fort.