The oasis of Agra

So I won't be writing in real time any more, as time is pretty hard to come by in India.

August 13th, 2010 Part 1-

Slept in a little bit today, with a 9:30 wake up. Noticed that I’m getting kind of fat- I guess all the Indian food is starting to get to me. Whatever, I’ll lose it within a couple of weeks of being back in the states. If you ever plan to visit India, be warned that it’s impossible to escape high calorie foods and over eating, especially if you have any Indian relatives around you at the time.

Either way we spent the morning in the hotel’s pool, sauna, and had a nice family breakfast together. Here are a few pictures of the Amarvillas, this is basically what my future house will look like.

Besides the Taj Mahal and Agra fort, Agra is a dumpster. The Amarvillas is the oasis of Agra, where people can rest in luxury.

The service was excellent, everyone was well trained and so polite. The oberoi really has their stuff down. The employees of the hotel aren't allowed to take tips. Instead, they have a system down where if you want to leave a tip at the end of the stay you can put money in an envelope and leave it with the front desk, and mention anyone who was particularly awesome in providing a comfortable stay. I'm guessing their bonus is based off of awesome points. The oberoi probably has a star chart to handle awesomeness points.

This is the view from our room you can see the Taj Mahal and the Red Mosque right next to it.

A zoom into the Taj. It looks massive from even this far away.

The pool's concept was really cool, there was an indoor section with a lounge in the back and this fantastic Ganesh art piece.

A good mother/son picture to put up. Close up of Ganesh, the god of good luck and prosperity.

British airways business class style luxury chairs. This was right when you exited the elevator on our floor. The painting in the back provides for a scenic backdrop.

Here's a picture of Anmol and me before we were about to head out on our day's adventures.