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Agra
Jan 19, 2018 03:09 PM, 3500 Views
(Updated Jan 19, 2018)
Agra is really ugly except for Taj Mahal

Hello guys, Agra is known for Taj Mahal but nobody knows what else other than Taj Mahal could be related to Agra. I will try to answer that with my review.Agra had many hotels as it is one of the most sought after city for tourist from worldwide. But most hotels are overpriced for the quality they possess. I got a room for 1500₹ a night and it was no better than cheap 500₹ a night kind of hotel in any other less hyped city.I went to Taj Mahal and it was god damn beautiful. It is much astonishing beauty that takes you by surprise even though you already know and expect it to be beautiful. Still, it is beyond any expectation because there is nothing as beautiful and extravagant as Taj. If talking about the city, there are few other places as well such as Agra fort and few other Mughal heritage sites. But everything else is nowhere closer to admiration after viewing Taj ahead of them. I would advice to visit the Taj Mahal in the end to keep yourself involved in other places. I did the mistake and I was unable to accept any other place of any good since I saw the Taj before in the day.But I have given the city a dislije for very strong and well intented reason. Agra is very poorly organized and any random place is being used for dumping household waste in the city.Upon having a walk near around my hotel which was apparently close to the Agra Fort, I was disappointed to see the filthy and unorganized nature of city. The roads were full of potholes and the drainage system was horrible. A very unpleasant smell was extemporarily annoying me to an extent that I had to keep my hankerchief over my nose. The sewerage lines are open and asymmetrical. Add to it, the blockages on regular intervals which was making it spread all over the road at random. I have to admit there were more than 5 such incidences in between the 2 kms of walking distance after which I returned back to take some fresh air. Literally, Agra is one of the most polluted and dirty cities which I have ever seen and I say this in spite of the fact that I have been to Kanpur too.About the people over there, I will just share this incident. I reached Agra by bus. The journey in summer season is pathetic even if you travel with AC buses and much worst if the AC goes corrupt which happened with my bus. As soon as you get out of the bus at the final stop, there will be numerous auto drivers pulling you physically as if you are their friend. Two of them started pulling my either hand and before I could react to their protuting behaviour, theywere already fighting for the rightful one to have first approached me. I shrugged both of them to move further and take my time to plan what to do next. But as I stepped across them, there were innumerable other Auto drivers ready to catch me. It was terrible to get out of those crooked drivers. They were asking for unreasonably higher prices and every person had one hotel to recommend which according to them, was the cheapest and best. I had to call one of my friends lived in Agra then, and he helped me out with the hotel and all other things. No local man was interested to help, either due to the fear of those auto driver’s union whom I bashed verbally or may be they saw no profit in helping me. The place was not friendly at all.

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