Ce mercredi nous allons voir le Taj Mahal, qui a été construit en 1632 par l’empereur Shah Jahan comme tombeau pour sa 3ème femme Mumtaz Mahal (la préférée), morte lorsqu'elle donnait naissance à son 14ème enfant. C'est une architecture parfaitement symétrique (à part les tombeaux même - le tombeau de Mumtaz Mahal est pile au centre mais puis il y a le plus grand tombeau de Shah Jahan à gauche, qui gâche la symétrie - ceci est la faute du fils de Shah Jahan qui avait volait le trône de son père et l'enterré sans cérémonie à côté de sa femme) entourée d'un jolie jardin et une joie d'essayer mon nouvel appareil photo.
Ça fait plaisir de se sentir comme des stars, trois personnes nous ont pris en photo au Taj Mahal : un homme avec son iPhone lorsque Guillaume me prenait en photo ; une Birmane qui voulait une photo de nous deux, et qui expliquait sa nationalité en nommant Aung San Suu Kyi ; et un homme qui nous demandait s'il pouvait prendre une photo de moi avec son fils de 10 ans...
Puis nous prenons un Rickshaw (un tuk-tuk) pour aller au baby Taj (Itimad-ud-Daulah) une autre tombe qui ressemble au Taj-Mahal en miniature. Et nous continuons notre route (en traversant un bidonville) vers le parc Mehtab Bagh qui est de l'autre coté du fleuve, ce qui permet d'avoir une belle vue sur le Taj Mahal (quand il n'y a pas de pollution j'imagine) et nous rencontrons un australien qui a le même appareil que moi et qui me donne quelques conseils.
On Wednesday we went to see the Taj Mahal, which was built in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a tomb for his 3rd (and favourite) wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died whilst giving birth to their 14th child. The architecture is perfectly symmetrical (except for the tombs themselves - the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal is directly in the middle, but there is the larger tomb of Shah Jahan next to it, which ruins the symmetry - this is the fault of Shah Jahan's son, who usurped his throne and buried him without ceremony next to his wife) and surrounded by pretty Islamic style gardens (lots of geometric patterns and, again, symmetry). Guillaume had lots of fun playing with his new camera.
We were treated like celebrities - three people took photos of us while we were at the Taj Mahal. Firstly a man took a photo of me on his iPhone while Guillaume was taking a photo; a Burmese lady wanted to take a photo of both of us and then explained her nationality by referring to Aung San Suu Kyi; and a man asked to take a photo of me with his 10 year old son...
Then we took a tuk tuk to the baby Taj (Itimad-ud-Daulah). It's called the baby Taj because it's another mausoleum built in white marble on the banks of the same river... but it's actually quite different and much smaller (and precedes the Taj Mahal by a number of years). Afterwards, we got back in the tuk tuk to go to the Mehtab Begh park, which is supposed to have excellent sunset views of the Taj Mahal. I expect this is true when there's less pollution... but this sunset was little more than a neon pink circle in a grey blanket of goodness knows which awful chemicals. Shame. We met a nice Aussie though, who has the same camera as Guillaume and was suggesting different lenses for him to buy when we get to Australia.
Ça fait plaisir de se sentir comme des stars, trois personnes nous ont pris en photo au Taj Mahal : un homme avec son iPhone lorsque Guillaume me prenait en photo ; une Birmane qui voulait une photo de nous deux, et qui expliquait sa nationalité en nommant Aung San Suu Kyi ; et un homme qui nous demandait s'il pouvait prendre une photo de moi avec son fils de 10 ans...
Puis nous prenons un Rickshaw (un tuk-tuk) pour aller au baby Taj (Itimad-ud-Daulah) une autre tombe qui ressemble au Taj-Mahal en miniature. Et nous continuons notre route (en traversant un bidonville) vers le parc Mehtab Bagh qui est de l'autre coté du fleuve, ce qui permet d'avoir une belle vue sur le Taj Mahal (quand il n'y a pas de pollution j'imagine) et nous rencontrons un australien qui a le même appareil que moi et qui me donne quelques conseils.
On Wednesday we went to see the Taj Mahal, which was built in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a tomb for his 3rd (and favourite) wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died whilst giving birth to their 14th child. The architecture is perfectly symmetrical (except for the tombs themselves - the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal is directly in the middle, but there is the larger tomb of Shah Jahan next to it, which ruins the symmetry - this is the fault of Shah Jahan's son, who usurped his throne and buried him without ceremony next to his wife) and surrounded by pretty Islamic style gardens (lots of geometric patterns and, again, symmetry). Guillaume had lots of fun playing with his new camera.
We were treated like celebrities - three people took photos of us while we were at the Taj Mahal. Firstly a man took a photo of me on his iPhone while Guillaume was taking a photo; a Burmese lady wanted to take a photo of both of us and then explained her nationality by referring to Aung San Suu Kyi; and a man asked to take a photo of me with his 10 year old son...
Then we took a tuk tuk to the baby Taj (Itimad-ud-Daulah). It's called the baby Taj because it's another mausoleum built in white marble on the banks of the same river... but it's actually quite different and much smaller (and precedes the Taj Mahal by a number of years). Afterwards, we got back in the tuk tuk to go to the Mehtab Begh park, which is supposed to have excellent sunset views of the Taj Mahal. I expect this is true when there's less pollution... but this sunset was little more than a neon pink circle in a grey blanket of goodness knows which awful chemicals. Shame. We met a nice Aussie though, who has the same camera as Guillaume and was suggesting different lenses for him to buy when we get to Australia.
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Trop beau le Taj Mahal! J'aime bien aussi le baby Taj.
RépondreSupprimerHélène ça ne m'étonne pas qu'on te prenne en photo ils ne doivent pas souvent voir de jolie rouquine! :)