Located in the state of Uttar Pradesh on the banks of river Yamuna Agra is a very poor very poor state buildings and ancient streets and old and neglected. You must bear in mind that the usual way of any trip to the north of India takes us from the more theoretically rich (Delhi) to the poorest areas, located increasingly farther east, like Agra, Varanasi and Calcutta.
The first impression in Agra is really depressing. A sea of ??narrow streets, all muddy and dirty, many poor people in the streets, and ongoing positions from where they sell practically everything. The food stalls are based on a simple wooden cart in which they feel the vendor, cross-legged and barefoot, and the meal unfolded around them. Funny how the dust of the road when vehicles pass or hover flies around ... Surely, I'm getting bad Agra, and will think that how it is possible to count these things in a travel blog, but I have always advocated just to visit India is fitted to all contingencies and live and see what it is.
The center has nothing to Agra to visit yet, it is incredible that such a city, poor, old and small have what is perhaps the most beautiful monument on Earth and one of New Wonders of the World: the Taj Mahal.
Upon entering the city, its towers are beginning to glimpse over the small houses, and at that moment when you forget everything around us, because the eyes can not be out of his silhouette in the distance. The desire, the longing to be there and see it goes off the urge to be in front of the mausoleum is so deep that makes it worth any sacrifice or effort getting there. Five minutes that make you feel to travel to India is a wonderful and unforgettable.
And that's just the first sight, because when we meet in your garden the feeling is indescribable