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India, Uttar Pradesh

Mosaic love in Agra: Chini ka Rauza

Veiled gossiping women with babies on their hips stared at us as we walked by. The air was scented with […]

March 27, 2026 By maverickbird
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India, North, Uttar Pradesh

The beautiful ghost city of Fatehabad

Our second Agra morning is my most memorable one. I woke up early and witnessed the breathtaking sight of the […]

February 17, 2026
India, Money Matters, Travel Extras, Travel Guides, Travel Tips, Uttarakhand

The comprehensive Valley of Flowers travel guide

Our Valley of Flowers trip was not successful if you consider the disappointment of the park being closed after such […]

May 9, 2022
India, North, Uttarakhand

A drive past the beautiful Uttarakhand prayags

The next morning, we started early from Rishikesh. Our final destination, the Valley of Flowers National Park, was still very […]

May 4, 2022
India, North, Uttarakhand

Escaping the kavariya mania in Haridwar

As wonderful as the feeling was of my travel dream to the Valley of Flowers coming true, my experience at […]

May 3, 2022
agra fort is also known as lal qila
India, North, Uttar Pradesh

The gilded prison called Agra Fort, one of most magnificent forts in India

At the bend of the Yamuna River, just 2 kilometers away from the Taj Mahal, lies the magnificent Agra Fort. […]

January 7, 2020
Inside the Fatehpur Sikri complex
India, North, Uttar Pradesh

The story of Fatehpur Sikri: an abandoned royal city

We left Agra the next day and started driving back towards Jaipur. Fatehpur Sikri was on the way and we […]

January 6, 2020
India, North, Uttar Pradesh

The iconic Taj Mahal and all you need to know about it

The access to the Taj Mahal (at least the one we took) was so horrible that by the time we […]

January 5, 2020
a woman on the agra highway
India, North, Uttar Pradesh

A winter road trip to Agra

My first trip to the Taj Mahal happened some years back when on a weekend my daughter and I ventured […]

January 4, 2020
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India, Uttar Pradesh

Itimad-ud-Daulah’s Tomb: The jewel box of Agra

On a sunny afternoon of 1893, an English archaeologist, Edmund William Smith from the Archaeological Survey of India stares at […]

January 3, 2020

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