The day started with a sunrise visit to the Taj Mahal. It was still beautiful but the colours were different with the light and we saw the tombs better with the smaller crowd.
After breakfast we went to the Red Fort ( Achbar the Great again) and that was magnificent made me think of that movie again. We saw the rooms where the king who built the Taj was imprisoned by his son for trying to build a second Taj (too much money) and the balcony where he died gazing at the Taj.
In the afternoon we visited the Baby Taj a smaller and earlier version which inspired the design of the Taj. It was very decorated and our guide called it a tiny jewel box of a building.
We finished the tour by seeing the Taj from the back side where the foundations of the never built second Taj are. It was going to be in black onyx.
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