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September 22, 2007
Delhi day 3: Qutb Minar and the Bahai Temple
Qutb Minar
We stored our luggage in the back of Amogh's rickshaw and off we went to Qutb Minar (wikipedia), a complex centered around a 240 foot tall "victory tower" - the tallest brick minaret in the world. Unfortunately the super-bright sky didn't work well with the camera settings I was using, so the photos in this set are a bit off-tint, but I'm too sleepy right now to fix 'em all, so I used Picasa to muck with them but it turned the sky a bit pinkish. Meh.
Baha'i Temple
Audrey has the best photos of this bright white lotus-flower structure. It was ... odd. You couldn't take photos or talk or make any noise inside the temple itself, so all you hear were shuffling footsteps and the light bells of Indian women's anklets. Calming, but still just a bit creepy. I guess most religion creeps me out a bit, no matter how otherwise calm.Trains
Our train leaving Delhi was delayed by 4 hours and then late in actually getting going another hour. Ah, the joys of the Indian rail system. To be fair, we'd gone against book recommendations, which we paid more attention to after that. This means we got in late to Agra, the city that holds the Taj Mahal. More on that soon.Posted by griffjon at September 22, 2007 11:45 PM
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