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Caption: at sunrise The Taj
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Caption: Actually, our first good look at India's 7th wonder was in the evening light from a rooftop bar
Up close it didn't look real
The perfect symmetry is odd against the rickety city of Agra
From this perspective the colliding of worlds was clear - rich and poor, ancient and modern, the Taj a permanent fixture against a developing skyline
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Caption: At 4am the next day we walked from our homestay to the entrance to watch the sunrise The next morning we woke at 4am to see the sunrise
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Caption: We stuck around in the grounds well into the early morning watching the changing light illuminate the mausoleum from every different angle
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Caption: Reluctantly we returned to the gates to leave and took one last photo of the Taj now that day was fully broken
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