Friday, May 25, 2007

Motherland Post #1: the taj mahal

day 2 in the motherland - first stop: New Delhi, the nation's capital. i have been here before during my last motherland visit, but it is the first visit for my mom so we headed out to agra yesterday to see the wonder that is the taj mahal. the building is very very impressive, seeing as it was built over the course of 22 years and has seen very little degradation in the past 400 years. what impresses me more than the structure itself is the story surrounding the building of the taj. shah jahan built the taj in memory of the favorite of his 2 wives to show his everlasting love and affection towards her - quite a commitment, if you ask me.


to be honest, i was convinced that i would have very few adventures during the motherland portion of this journey since i will be traveling with my mom - but i was mistaken. since the inside of the taj is a mosque, all visitors have to remove their footwear before entering. little did i realize that during the time i was admiring the splendor of the inside of the mosque, my reef flip flops were stolen! so there i was stuck walking back to the tour bus with barefeet in the blistering 103 degree heat. the bottoms of my feet do not look pretty. neither do the ugly replacement footwear i had to buy for the walk home...

4 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

Dude- that totally sucks! I can't believe someone stole your shoes from a place of faith nonetheless!!! That's just wrong! Next time- take your shoes off and stick them in your bag or under you clothes or something... You're not an easy footster to shoe anyways ;) J/K.

Say hi to mom and the fam for me. Keep 'em coming Mahims!

9:47 AM  
Blogger Gerety said...

Wow sucks!

But you know what that means?

Shopping Trip! Get mom to pay for it since you were in a holy building!

Im leaving the Boston area tomorrow, so sad!

Psyched to do the trip and will wait for you to come visit me and O Connor!

Lata

Gerety

11:35 AM  
Blogger Kelly said...

Seriously??? Did my last post not tell you keep track of your shoes? What is it with you, foreign travel and losing your shoes??? Too good.

Glad you're having fun. Have fun praying for a husband.

Kelly

5:13 PM  
Blogger Shane said...

What's with your peoples, Mahims???

Do you want me to send you the pics of us making out and making sweet, sweet love so you can show your fam?

7:20 PM  

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