22 January

Plans for today have been curtailed as Linda has been put out of action by a dodgy dinner at the hotel. We’ve been playing russian roulette with food safety since arriving in India, but this was a squew ball that came from the kitchen of our hotel, this event makes street food, bus station pit stop food and mud hut family lunch a safer option than this hotel. There is an alleged scam by city hotels in this area which involves a cosy relationship with local doctors. “Would you like us to call a doctor”? Hmmm no thanks.

Agra Sunset from hotel room window

23 January

Linda has self healed during the night and sunrise brought us a foggy day and by lunchtime visibility has improved enough to step out of the hotel.

Agra street with Camel passing Costa and cycle rickshaw

              
We visited Agra Fort which is perhaps the most important fortress/palace in India, prior to Delhi this place was the seat of government.

Agra Fort

View of the Taj through the fog from Agra Fort

Tonight we board the overnight Marudhar Express to Varanasi, it has been an anxious day with the fog that has been causing widespread delays on train timetables, plus this is the dreaded Marudhar Express that didn’t show last time, but with just a couple of hours to go it’s looking promising that it’s on schedule, however, fog has been forecast for much of the journey so it looks like a long night ahead.