Rajasthan, Agra, Jaipur, and Bikaner.

In August I took some time off and went for a brief road-trip to the neighbouring states of New Delhi, India. I consider myself pretty well travelled, having seen the best and worst of quite a few countries, but nothing quite prepared me for the experience that is India. The following are a few photos of interesting things I saw along the way!

Something you never see back home; a religious procession makes it's way down a main road in New Delhi.

This photo doesn't really need a description, if you don't know what this building is there is something seriously wrong with you.

The Taj Mahal backs onto the mighty Yamuna river.

The moat around the red fort in Agra.

A mosque in the centre of a Mughal fort somewhere in Rajasthan (comment if you know the name!)

Me and Yulia riding an elephant in the Amber Palace, Jaipur

Overlooking Galwar Bagh (the monkey temple) in the hills behind Jaipur

One of the simian inhabitants of said temple

Some camels and elephants decked out for the festival for Vishnu's birthday.

Painted elephants

Some of the many residents of Karni Mata temple, better known as the Rat temple, at Deshnoke near Bikaner.

I don't quite see the holey aspects of rats but hey, each to their own!

A small hindu temple in New Delhi covered in portraits of famous Nationalist Congress Party (Gandhi's political party) members

The failed Alai Minar tower, part of the Qutb complex in New Delhi. Planned to dwarf the famous Qutb Minar in size, it never got past the first story being constructed. 

You can't go to New Delhi without getting a photo of India Gate, the momument to the 90 000 Indian soldiers who died in WW1 and the 3rd Anglo-Afghan war.

And finally, an obligatory photo of a sacred cow.

That's it for now, if you want to see more photos of India you are welcome to pay for my next flight there!