Monday, May 14, 2007

Agra and we're done






Ok so what, it's been how many months since i got back from India? But i hadn't finished this and i really wanted to eventually. So here we go. So Justina left me but really I left Justina as i caught the afternoon train to Agra from Delhi. It was a nice train ride and i just looked out the window and checked out the smokestack scenery. Of course some Indian guys came up and sat beside me and asked what country i was from. I offered some gum and an ear speaker and the time went by. It was a weird feeling being by myself and i realize how good i had it to have arrived in India meeting Justina at the airport who took me in and showed me the ropes. I owe her for that one. I was now(of course because i'm travelling alone) meeting many people who were just arriving and wow, i see how crazy it would be. Anyways, i met this couple from Slovenia(first slovenian person i believe that i had met) at the hotel and we agreed to meet at the taj and take a rickshaw around the next day. well the next day apparently they had left for a different hotel so i said aight i guess it's just me. Well then i met this guy and girl, older of course(another type of people i seem to meet travelling). I mistake this lady for being american, oops, she's from toronto. Oh well. 6am Taj time. wow now ok it is pretty amazing when you first see it and an hour later i realizedwhy i got up at 5:30am to get there. hordes of people started coming. many tour groups. i thought they always got up early. Well i go and get some lunch with the canadian teahcer and this english guy who has been almost everywhere in teh world. Already she is getting a little bit on my nerves and it was funny to think that if Justina was here, i wouldn't be with these people, well maybe the guy but not the girl. But hey, what could i care, that's what so good about travelling by yourself sometimes. Well we grabbed a rickshaw and headed to the fort which was cool and then to the baby taj, just going down in spectacularity by the place. So by this time it's pretty much time for me to get back to the train station so that i can catch a train back to delhi. Well of course i got stucked into going to this crazy expensive store by the driver so he could get some commission. Another thing that wouldn't have happened if Justina was there. But i thought, hey i had time, why not. Boy oh boy could i not afford what was in there. I mean it was increadible stuff, not one of those stores that has all the same stuff as the market but more expensive, but this stuff was pretty neat. these huge decorated porcelain, rugs, lots of things in gold. hey not a bad way to spend 20min. Well then he took me to the train station. well he tried to to much more but i didn't let him. So jumped on the train for unreserved ticket. I thought it was going to be crazy as you see some places, but hey i got a seat and was fine. met this group of 6 young kids (well they were 19 but i think i can call 19 year olds young kids now) they had done a bunch of volunteering and were now on the move. Ahh Scandanvians, just so friendly. well into delhi and got the hotel again, did some last minute shopping and yup, gotta get teh taxi at 5am. Well many hours later and many movies later i was back in vancouver and my trip of 4.5 months were over. well it was awesome and i hope to do something similar agian someday and i hope that everyone gets a chance to see what they want to see and go where they want to go. This world is a special place.

1 Comments:

Blogger jo said...

hey aaron
we're just all so glad you two had such great adventures and then came home safe. also thanks so much for the spectacular ganesh(as)
you (both) rock. all love,

10:57 a.m.  

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