flashback friday

I just found these two videos hidden away with the pictures from our very first weekend in India. For some reason I had never seen them. Watching I was instantly back on the bank across from the Taj Mahal. This isn’t where most tourists go so you see a very real side of India behind their most famous landmark. Jules must have taken the videos. I put both because one is short, but it lets you see the kids more. The boy on the camel was Anan. Hhe and his brother sold rides on Roger (the camel) for around a dollar.

Filth and garbage lay everywhere, but the kids are happy, playing and rolling around in it. It’s sad and it’s beautiful and in such is a perfect little sliver of India where the horrific and wonderful never leave each other’s side…






**For once my technical issues were not due to user error. Seems Google has ended their video platform so we’ll be YouTube-ing it from now on. sigh.**

Taj Mahal

Our visit to the Taj Mahal began at sunrise and ended at sunset. I can truly say that it is something that I will remember always. It is a beauty you cannot truly appreciate until face to face with it. And even then it is almost more than you can process.

Believe me when I say that no picture or description could ever truly do it justice. If you are ever presented the opportunity to go to India you should take it just to see this if nothing else.

And when your guide takes you across the river to watch the Taj at sunset be sure to get a ride from Anan and his brother on their camel, Roger. Give them a few extra hundred rupees and tell them I said hello.