A group of visitors chatting with the security in the Taj Mahal

Family picture with staff from the Indian Development Foundation (During our first orientation week)

Inside Red Fort in Agra

What are all those strangers doing here?

Limda Village School

Of course I have to try the fantastic benches..(During our visit at a Gujarati Hospital)

The compulsory visit to the Taj Mahal was set early on the agenda. Happily things were prearranged by the company, so we didnt have much to haggle, but still touts were quite getting on our nerves, which makes you leave the place rather earlier than later. Still to see this impressive building was rewarding! The following are pictures taken on September 10, 2005 inside the Taj Mahal as well as the Red Fort area

During our orientation week, we also went to a tyre manufacturing plant. We also had the chance to visit a school in a nearby village and climb the holy mountain on Pavadagh. Unfortunately the temple on top was covered in clouds with heavy winds and rains. Still it was an experience to walk up for an hour with Pilgrims, donkeys, monkeys, dogs and of course the omnipresent holy cow.

Child in traditional outfit is posing for a picture

At the entrance of Red Fort