There are three cities in India that form their "Golden Triangle" - Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. We explored two of the three. It is 124 miles to Agra, but it takes four hours to get there if you leave early and miss the traffic. We left at 6:00 a.m.
The sights and sounds of the road are amazing. We were on a four lane highway that was being shared by trucks, buses, cars, vans, ox carts, camel drawn carts, horse drawn carts, people on bicycles, motorbikes and scooters, and on foot, and perhaps some more means of transport. We all made our way on this road to our various points of destination. It is quite an experience!
On arrival in Agra we took time to see two of the great mausoleums of this city. The Mogul rulers spent a great deal of time on the places where their bodies would lay in repose following their death. It made us ask the question as to how much time we as a people prepare for our eternal destiny. We are so grateful for all Jesus has provided for life here and now and life after death as we trust him with our lives.
The next day we went to Old Delhi. While new Delhi is a well planned city with broad streets and many trees, Old Delhi is a maze of small streets in which a person could easily get lost. We road in a taxi for as far as we could go and then transferred to bicycle rickshaws for the remainder of the tour. After going to a large Mosque we were given a ride through the marget. One person on our group said he wqas going to stick close to ther rest of us, following that experience. I saw another one of our group in the lead richshaw look back to be sure others were following when his driver made a turn in the maze of streets.
If you ever get to Delhi, you should make a trip into Old Delhi part of your experience!
By evening the last two people to join this adventure arrived in India. I met them at the airport. Tomorrow it is on to Nepal.
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