Truely amazing. Wonderful that with so many people, your photos give the impression that it is otherwise. I love the way Jean Michel is looking at you in front of the Taj.
Rosemary Kneipp
April 13th, 2016 at 6:26 pm
It is a very big place and heading for the left then the right was a wonderful solution. I agree about the photo – I love it!
What a wonderful experience. Hurrah for Vik and his good local knowledge! I’m interested that every time you talk about the guides you mention they ask you about your family and vice versa as a means of getting to know you. I never ask these sorts of questions, and we frequently have no idea what our clients do for a living or whether they have children or anything much at all about their lives. If it’s relevant it comes up in conversation, and they will sometimes tell us if they have particular interests, but mostly information like family and work is not relevant and I would feel most uncomfortable asking them (and answering them if I was the client). Despite restricting our conversation to what they will see and experience on the tour we come away feeling like new best friends with most of them. I guess the difference with us is that we are working in our mother tongue, and we’ve exchanged several emails with the clients before meeting them, so we at least know where they have come from (it’s a legal requirement that we have their address). My introductory questions are along the lines of ‘how was the train journey’, ‘do you need the toilet’ and ‘would you like a cup of coffee’.
Rosemary Kneipp
April 13th, 2016 at 6:30 pm
They rarely asked us our jobs in the beginning but always about our families, even the local coordinators. In the beginning we didn’t ask the same questions of them because it’s neither an Anglo-Saxon nor French habit but I soon caught on and they were always delighted to answer. Everything else seemed to go from there. I talked to Rajendar about it one day and he explained that it was normal whenever you meet someone and not considered private at all!
Lesley
April 14th, 2016 at 10:09 am
With all the splendour of the buildings it is still difficult not to comment on the couple of you. What a super photo.
Rosemary Kneipp
April 14th, 2016 at 4:16 pm
Thank you, Lesley, I have to say I love that photo too!!
Oh, Rosemary, you are really brave! I wouldn’t have dared to tell that guide that I was unhappy with him, I’m kind of shy. I don’t like confrontations. I would very much like to visit and photograph the Taj Mahal. For me it’s a symbol of eternal love. Beautiful!
Rosemary Kneipp
April 19th, 2016 at 10:21 am
I’m not always so up-front but I wasn’t going to let the guide spoil my once-in-a-lifetime visit to the Taj Mahal! I can especially recommend our tour organisation Trinestra Tours (and Rajendar, our driver) if you do decide to go.
Taj Mahal is really a miracle, but the government not caring it as much as it deserve. Wonderful photos, not just Taj Mahal but the entrance gate and mosque as well.
What a lovely photo of you two, “iconic” as you say! I visited on my honeymoon which of course was utterly romantic and just reading your words and seeing your pictures gave me goose bumps, it’s such an awe inspiring place.
Rosemary Kneipp
April 29th, 2016 at 10:22 pm
Ah yes, a honeymoon visit to the Taj Mahal is very special!
[…] am and we’ve finished our luxurious breakfast at the Radisson Blue still under the magic of our early morning visit to the Taj Mahal and are about to meet up with our guide, Vivek, to visit Agra Fort. After we get in the car and […]
A breathtakingly beautiful place!
I certainly agree with that!
Truely amazing. Wonderful that with so many people, your photos give the impression that it is otherwise. I love the way Jean Michel is looking at you in front of the Taj.
It is a very big place and heading for the left then the right was a wonderful solution. I agree about the photo – I love it!
What a wonderful experience. Hurrah for Vik and his good local knowledge! I’m interested that every time you talk about the guides you mention they ask you about your family and vice versa as a means of getting to know you. I never ask these sorts of questions, and we frequently have no idea what our clients do for a living or whether they have children or anything much at all about their lives. If it’s relevant it comes up in conversation, and they will sometimes tell us if they have particular interests, but mostly information like family and work is not relevant and I would feel most uncomfortable asking them (and answering them if I was the client). Despite restricting our conversation to what they will see and experience on the tour we come away feeling like new best friends with most of them. I guess the difference with us is that we are working in our mother tongue, and we’ve exchanged several emails with the clients before meeting them, so we at least know where they have come from (it’s a legal requirement that we have their address). My introductory questions are along the lines of ‘how was the train journey’, ‘do you need the toilet’ and ‘would you like a cup of coffee’.
They rarely asked us our jobs in the beginning but always about our families, even the local coordinators. In the beginning we didn’t ask the same questions of them because it’s neither an Anglo-Saxon nor French habit but I soon caught on and they were always delighted to answer. Everything else seemed to go from there. I talked to Rajendar about it one day and he explained that it was normal whenever you meet someone and not considered private at all!
With all the splendour of the buildings it is still difficult not to comment on the couple of you. What a super photo.
Thank you, Lesley, I have to say I love that photo too!!
Oh, Rosemary, you are really brave! I wouldn’t have dared to tell that guide that I was unhappy with him, I’m kind of shy. I don’t like confrontations. I would very much like to visit and photograph the Taj Mahal. For me it’s a symbol of eternal love. Beautiful!
I’m not always so up-front but I wasn’t going to let the guide spoil my once-in-a-lifetime visit to the Taj Mahal! I can especially recommend our tour organisation Trinestra Tours (and Rajendar, our driver) if you do decide to go.
Taj Mahal is really a miracle, but the government not caring it as much as it deserve. Wonderful photos, not just Taj Mahal but the entrance gate and mosque as well.
Yes, it’s a wonderful place.
What a lovely photo of you two, “iconic” as you say! I visited on my honeymoon which of course was utterly romantic and just reading your words and seeing your pictures gave me goose bumps, it’s such an awe inspiring place.
Ah yes, a honeymoon visit to the Taj Mahal is very special!
[…] am and we’ve finished our luxurious breakfast at the Radisson Blue still under the magic of our early morning visit to the Taj Mahal and are about to meet up with our guide, Vivek, to visit Agra Fort. After we get in the car and […]
Taj Mahal is a wonder of the world and true reflection of wonderful Mughal architecture.