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Wednesday 13 March 2013

Incredible India!


Just four of us visited the Taj Mahal on our last full day in India. Sue didn't join us, as she was scheduled to visit it a week later with her friend.

Getting to the Taj this time was very different. The road, the Yamuna Expressway, from Delhi to Agra was amazing! It's a six-lane toll road, built by the Jaypee Construction and Hydropower Group to create a corridor of development between New Delhi and the East.

The road was formally-opened last August, and already the Buddh International Motor-Racing Circuit and Stadium is up-and-running. This will be followed soon by many other stadia for various international sporting events, and accommodation for those who are benefiting from the way India's economy is going (which is not that large a percentage of the population of India). If you didn't know the other side of India (that's most of it) and only saw this road, the nice bits of New Delhi, and The Taj Mahal, you'd be forgiven for thinking that India is all that it is cracked-up to be.

But India is not like this.




2 comments:

  1. Aha! The infamous "Diana bench", methinks... ;-) Great to see you looking so well Phil - and surrounded by the beauties of architecture, nature and flesh... as ever!
    Ruth & Gisèle xxx

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    1. And here's the evidence - three out of the four from "The Harem"! It was one of the coolest days we spent in India, just a mere 28 degrees Celsius, but England seems Arctic in comparison!

      A wonderful time with some fun folk in a vibrant environment. The day before we met up with Rosie W-G, and had a great day with her and daughter Liz in Delhi.

      Love to you both.

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