Nous prenons un taxi pour aller à Fatehpur Sikri, un fort tout en grès rouge créé par l'empereur Akbar, le grand-père de Shah Jahan.
C'est très calme a l'intérieur avec de jolies jardins et on nous demande encore de nous prendre en photo... et de les prendre en photo en échange, sur notre appareil...
Nous essayons d'aller voir la mosquée à coté mais nous nous faisons harceler par des enfants et des vendeurs (lieu saint qu'ils disent...), donc après 10 min nous décidons de rentrer.
Nous finissons la journée dans le fort d'Agra qui nous permet d'avoir une belle vue sur le Taj Mahal et nous promener tranquillement dans ce lieu immense.
We take a taxi to go to Fatehpur Sikri, a fort made of red sandstone created by Akbar, the grand father of Shah Jahan. The carving in the sandstone is intricate and still so defined after such a long time! Either sandstone isn't quite the same in India as in the UK or the elements are kinder to it. There's practically no erosion.
It's very quiet inside with beautiful gardens and some women dressed in saris ask to take a photo of us again... and then tell us to take a photo of them in exchange, on our camera, naturally...
Afterwards we try to see the mosque nearby but children and sellers harass us so we decide to go back to Agra. One little boy starts off talking to us in English, when he hears that we're speaking French (and ignoring him) he switches immediately into French. I wonder how many languages he's picked up and think it's quite sad that his intelligence isn't being put to better use.
We finish the day at the Agra Fort, which is magnificent. Started by emperor Akbar in amazingly carved red sandstone and added to by Shah Jahan in intricately patterned white marble, it's a real mix of the styles of Fatehpur Sikri and the Taj Mahal. There is a beautiful view over the river to the Taj Mahal and we can walk peacefully in the huge grounds. There are swallows swooping down to eat flies in the gardens, there are green birds (parakeets?) in the trees surrounding the fort looking beautiful but making an awful screeching noise, and there are monkeys. We spend a good few minutes before we get kicked out at closing time watching a family of monkeys playing in the gardens - the babies scamper up walls and fall off them, while the parents just stroll around.
C'est très calme a l'intérieur avec de jolies jardins et on nous demande encore de nous prendre en photo... et de les prendre en photo en échange, sur notre appareil...
Nous essayons d'aller voir la mosquée à coté mais nous nous faisons harceler par des enfants et des vendeurs (lieu saint qu'ils disent...), donc après 10 min nous décidons de rentrer.
Nous finissons la journée dans le fort d'Agra qui nous permet d'avoir une belle vue sur le Taj Mahal et nous promener tranquillement dans ce lieu immense.
We take a taxi to go to Fatehpur Sikri, a fort made of red sandstone created by Akbar, the grand father of Shah Jahan. The carving in the sandstone is intricate and still so defined after such a long time! Either sandstone isn't quite the same in India as in the UK or the elements are kinder to it. There's practically no erosion.
It's very quiet inside with beautiful gardens and some women dressed in saris ask to take a photo of us again... and then tell us to take a photo of them in exchange, on our camera, naturally...
Afterwards we try to see the mosque nearby but children and sellers harass us so we decide to go back to Agra. One little boy starts off talking to us in English, when he hears that we're speaking French (and ignoring him) he switches immediately into French. I wonder how many languages he's picked up and think it's quite sad that his intelligence isn't being put to better use.
We finish the day at the Agra Fort, which is magnificent. Started by emperor Akbar in amazingly carved red sandstone and added to by Shah Jahan in intricately patterned white marble, it's a real mix of the styles of Fatehpur Sikri and the Taj Mahal. There is a beautiful view over the river to the Taj Mahal and we can walk peacefully in the huge grounds. There are swallows swooping down to eat flies in the gardens, there are green birds (parakeets?) in the trees surrounding the fort looking beautiful but making an awful screeching noise, and there are monkeys. We spend a good few minutes before we get kicked out at closing time watching a family of monkeys playing in the gardens - the babies scamper up walls and fall off them, while the parents just stroll around.
 |
| Fatehpur Sikri |
 |
| Tu me prends en photo, je te prend/ You take a photo of us, we'll take one of you |
 |
| Agra Fort |
Jolis photos, tu as l'œil du photographe dis moi! Je suis sûre que mes notes t'aident beaucoup dans tes prises de vues et tes réglages ;)
RépondreSupprimerÇa effectivement l'air trés calme ce joli petit fort!