Indian Cinema

After seeing New Delhi we drove to a city called Agra. It took pretty much the entire day for us to get there. Agra is part of what they call the Golden Triangle with New Delhi and Jaipur. It was a very long drive even though the distance wasn't very far just because the roads are so awful. Our driver, Nagender, kept raising his fist and yelling something at all of the crazy drivers. We wish we would have known what he was saying. When we got to Agra we went to Akbar's Tomb. Once again, it was an amazing building built just for dead people. We saw some strange animals on the lawn that we weren't sure what they were, but they were really neat. The tomb was just a long hallway down to a large room with a very tall ceiling and one tomb in the center. It was kind of eerie and reminded me of something European. Outside the tomb I ran into some children who wanted me to take their picture so they could see it on my digital camera. I took a picture of them and then asked if I could take a picture with them. All of a sudden children came from everywhere. They were all adorable and one woman even handed me her baby whom she obviously did not want to be left out of the photo. Also, on the way out a man stopped Alyssa and I and wanted us to stand in a photo with his two sons. It's strange being a celebrity just because you are white. We went to our hotel, the Holiday Inn, which was very nice. My spare bed was still a wooden plank, but it did fold all the way down. We decided to try out an Indian film. We went to a mall and bought tickets for "Partner," which had been recommended to us by a lady at the hotel. The whole movie experience was hilarious. The movie was exactly "Hitch" but in Hindi and with musical numbers. The main character wore Tweety and Goofy t-shirts and there was an intermission. Also, the movie patrons were out of control. They stood up and laughed and clapped. It was all well worth the $4 ticket price.