Sunday, 4 November 2007

Taj Mahal


What's to say? It's awesome, in line with expectations. I liked it very much, but didn't feel overwhelmed by it. Maybe because I did come with high expectations - which it absolutely met. The most awesome fact was that all the marble came from 380km away - a place we went to a few days ago. Lots of flat bed trucks today (disturbingly unstrapped down) moving chunks of marble that would be a tiny piece of TM. And then cutting it - we saw some industrial revolution-style mighty machine that manages to cut 9 inches an hour. How did they do it pre-mechanisation? Endless people and money I suppose is the answer.

That all said, over dinner we were trying to think of more fabulous buildings around the world and struggled. Any thoughts?

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